Main description:

Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, a title in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology series, provides all the most essential information on the pathological entities encountered in practice in an easy-to-use format. Drs. Christine A. Iacobuzio-Donahue and Elizabeth Montgomery examine the full scope of neoplastic and non-neoplastic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract--, including disorders of the tubular gastrointestinal tract, pancreatobiliary tree, and liver-from clinical features and ancillary studies to differential diagnoses and prognostic and therapeutic considerations. The consistent, practical format with a wealth of illustrations, boxes, and tables, along with online access at www.expertconsult.com, make this title ideal for quick reference for both novices and experienced pathologists.

Contents:

Chapter 1

Non-Neoplastic Disorders of the Esophagus

Chapter 2

Tumors of the Esophagus

Chapter 3

Non-Neoplastic Disorders of the Stomach

Chapter 4

Epithelial Neoplasms of the Stomach

Chapter 5

Non-Neoplastic and Inflammatory Disorders of the Small Bowel

Chapter 6

Neoplasms of the Small Intestine

Chapter 7

Gastrointestinal Mesenchymal Tumors

Chapter 8

Non-Neoplastic and Neoplastic Disorders of the Appendix

Chapter 9

Infectious Diseases of the Colon

Chapter 10

Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Chapter 11

Inflammatory/Descriptive/Iatrogenic Colitides

Chapter 12

Gastrointestinal Polyposis Syndromes

Chapter 13

Epithelial Neoplasms of the Colorectum

Chapter 14

Molecular Diagnostics in Gastrointestinal Pathology

Chapter 15

Pathology of the Anus

Chapter 16

Pathology of the Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Bile Ducts

Chapter 17

Non-Neoplastic and Neoplastic Pathology of the Pancreas

Chapter 18

Metabolic and Toxic Conditions of the Liver

Chapter 19

Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases of the Liver

Chapter 20

Liver Neoplasms

Chapter 21

Gastrointestinal Lymphoma