Diagnostic Electron Microscopy: A Text/Atlas

Contents Preface Acknowledgments Contributors CHAPTER 1 Normal Cell Ultrastructure and Function Cytoplasmic Organelles Cytoskeleton (Cytoplasmic Matrix Structures) Cytoplasmic Inclusions Nuclear Organelles Organization of Organelles Within the Cell Cell Attachment Sites CHAPTER 2 Selective Embryology Embryogenesis from Fertilization Through Three Weeks Differentiation of the Paraxial Mesoderm Differentiation of the Intermediate Mesoderm Differentiation of the Lateral Mesoderm Comparison of Embryonic Mesodermal Differentiation with Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, Wilms' Tumor, and Mesothelioma CHAPTER 3 Large Cell Neoplasms Carcinoma Adenocarcinoma (and Adenoma) Squamous Cell Carcinoma Transitional Cell (Urothelial) Carcinoma Undifferentiated Carcinoma Melanoma Mesothelioma Lymphoma Histiocytic Disorders Macrophagic Lesions Dendritic Cell Lesions Mastocytosis and Mastocytoma CHAPTER 4 Small Cell Neoplasms Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Neuroblastoma Ewing's Sarcoma Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Embryonal and Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Rhabdoid Tumor Nephroblastoma (Wilms' Tumor) Lymphoma (Small Cell) Plasmacytoma Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor with Divergent Differentiation Small Cell Osteosarcoma Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma CHAPTER 5 Leukemias Myelocytic Leukemia Monocytic and Myelomonocytic Leukemia Lymphocytic Leukemia Erythrocytic Leukemia Megakaryocytic Leukemia Hairy Cell Leukemia (Leukemic Reticuloendotheliosis) CHAPTER 6 Spindle Cell Neoplasms and Their Epithelioid Variants Fibrous Neoplasms Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma Cartilaginous Neoplasms Osteoblastoma and Osteosarcoma Synovial Sarcoma Adipose Neoplasms Smooth Muscle Neoplasms Skeletal Muscle Neoplasms Vascular Neoplasms Hemangiopericytoma Schwannoma and Malignant Schwannoma Granular Cell Tumor Neurofibroma Sarcomatoid (Spindle Cell) Carcinoma Sarcomatous Thymoma, Melanoma, and Mesothelioma CHAPTER 7 Gonadal and Related Neoplasms Surface Epithelial-Stromal Tumors of the Ovary Serous Tumors Mucinous Tumors Endometrioid Tumors Clear Cell Tumors Transitional Cell Tumors (Brenner and Non-Brenner Types) Squamous Cell Tumors (Epidermoid Cyst and Squamous Cell Carcinoma) Mixed Epithelial Tumors Undifferentiated Carcinoma Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors Granulosa Cell Tumor Thecoma Fibroma Signet-Ring Stromal and Related Tumors Sertoli-Stromal Cell Tumors (Androblastomas) Sex Cord Tumors with Annular Tubules Gynandroblastoma Sex Cord-Stromal Tumors Unclassified Steroid (Lipid) Cell Tumors Germ Cell Tumors Dysgerminoma (Seminoma) Yolk Sac Tumor (Endodermal Sinus Tumor) Embryonal Carcinoma Choriocarcinoma and Placental Site Tumor (and Normal Placenta) Teratoma (Immature and Mature Monodermal) Gonadoblastoma Adenomatoid Tumor Tumors of Uncertain Origin and Miscellaneous Tumors Ovarian Small Cell Carcinoma, Hypercalcemia Type Small Cell Carcinoma, Pulmonary Type Tumor of Probable Wolffian Origin CHAPTER 8 Central Nervous System Neoplasms Meningioma Astrocytoma Oligodendroglioma Ependymoma (and Subependymoma) Choroid Plexus Neoplasms Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal Glial Neoplasms, Including Embryonal Forms Gangliocytoma (Central Ganglioneuroma) Ganglioneuroma (Peripheral) Ganglioglioma Central Neurocytoma Neuroblastoma Ganglioneuroblastoma Ependymoblastoma Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor Medulloblastoma Germinoma (and Embryonal Carcinoma, Choriocarcinoma, and Teratoma) Pineocytoma and Pineoblastoma Hemangioma Hemangioblastoma Pituitary Adenoma CHAPT