Biopsy Interpretation of the Liver, Second Edition offers pathologists clear, practical guidelines for recognizing and diagnosing the full spectrum of liver disorders. Coverage begins with the basics—including technical considerations, liver anatomy, and examination methods—and progresses to specific disorders, with particular emphasis on histopathology. This completely updated Second Edition includes new material on transplantation pathology and new chapters on immunopathology and molecular pathology of liver diseases. A companion Website will provide the fully searchable text, over 700 additional full-color images of common and rare entities, and a test bank that is ideal for board exam preparation.

A practical guide for the diagnostic surgical pathologist, this new edition of Biopsy Interpretation of the Breast presents the diverse spectrum of pathologic alterations that occur in the breast in a manner analogous to that in which they are encountered in daily practice. Lesions are grouped together according to their histologic patterns rather than by the traditional benign-malignant categorization in order to simulate the way pathologists face these lesions as they examine microscopic slides on a daily basis. The role of adjunctive studies in solving diagnostic problems in breast pathology is emphasized where appropriate. In addition, the clinical significance and impact on patient management of the various diagnoses are discussed and key clinical and management points highlighted.

This volume brings together concise, essential, and up-to-date information on the most commonly encountered non-neoplastic liver diseases. It will be of use in a busy pathology practice setting for both general pathologists and pathology trainees. The checklists at the end of each chapter provide guidance on initiating the workup, generating the report, and suggesting subsequent studies. In addition, this book will be a good reference for liver pathology for hepatologists, other clinicians, and researchers who study the liver.

This new volume of the Biopsy Interpretation Series is a practical, superbly illustrated reference on the primary non-lymphoid neoplasms of the skin. The book offers guidelines on how and when to biopsy the skin and then discusses benign melanocytic proliferations, precursor lesions to melanoma, and melanomas. Also included are discussions of basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and its precursors, benign and malignant adnexal neoplasms, and soft tissue neoplasms of the skin and superficial subcutis. A major highlight of the book is the extensive discussion of differential diagnostic considerations and their separation from the main diagnostic entities under consideration. The book features nearly 300 full-color images. A companion Website will provide 400 additional figures, plus a test bank that is ideal for board exam preparation.

This book provides a quick, pattern-based reference for interpreting histologic changes in non-neoplastic liver. It is designed to guide the reader based on morphologic pattern and basic clinical information. Each chapter covers a broad but identifiable pattern of pathologic liver findings (e.g., “portal inflammation” or “steatosis”) and discusses the major disease entities that manifest as such a pattern. As liver biopsies can be complex and daunting, such an approach should improve the reader’s ability to identify a likely diagnosis or differential and to distinguish among the possible disease entities. Sample reports at the end of each chapter offer guidance on how to sign out cases. Non-Neoplastic Liver Pathology: A Pathologist’s Survival Guide will be of value to practicing pathologists without specialized training in hepatic pathology, pathology residents and fellows trying to learn the basics of non-neoplastic liver pathology, and hepatologists interested in reviewing liver biopsies with pathologists