Tumors of Serosal Membranes (Atlas of Tumor Pathology Series IV)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: American Registry of Pathology
Published: March 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781881041979
Subjects: Oncology; Pathology; Medical
Table of contents: title: 1 Anatomy, Development, and Normal Function of the Serosal Membranes; title: 1.1 Gross Anatomy; title: 1.1.1 Blood Supply; title: 1.1.2 Lymphatic Drainage; title: 1.1.3 Innervation; title: 1.2 Microscopic Anatomy; title: 1.3 Development; title: 1.4 Normal Function; title: 2 Classification of Tumors of the Serosal Membranes; title: 3 Cytology of the Serosal Surfaces; title: 3.1 Utility and Limitations of Cytology of the Serosal Surfaces—Cytology Versus Histology: General Overview; title: 3.1.1 Exfoliative Cytology of Body Cavity Fluids; title: 3.1.2 Needle Aspiration Cytology; title: 3.1.3 Exfoliative Cytology and Aspiration Cytology Versus Histology; title: 3.2 Benign Versus Malignant Mesothelial Proliferations in Effusion Cytology; title: 3.2.1 Cytologic Features of Malignancy; title: 3.2.2 Reactive Atypia of Mesothelial Cells; title: 3.2.3 False Positives and False Negatives in Serosal Cavity Cytology; title: 3.3 Cytologic Features of Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma; title: 3.3.1 Epithelial Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma; title: 3.3.2 Sarcomatous Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma; title: 3.3.3 Mixed Epithelial and Sarcomatous Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma; title: 3.4 Differential Diagnosis; title: 3.4.1 Cytologic Features of Carcinomas and Other Malignancies; title: 3.4.2 Cytologic Features of Non-Neoplastic Effusions; title: 3.5 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS; title: 4 Diffuse Malignant Tumors of the Serosal Membranes; title: 4.1 Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma; title: 4.2 Epidemiology; title: 4.2.1 Incidence; title: 4.2.2 Location of Tumors; title: 4.3 Etiology; title: 4.3.1 Asbestos; title: 4.3.2 Other Causes of Mesothelioma; title: 4.4 Pathogenesis; title: 4.5 Clinical Features; title: 4.6 Pathologic Features; title: 4.6.1 Gross Features; title: 4.6.2 Microscopic Features; title: 4.7 Classification of Morphologic Subtypes of Mesothelioma; title: 4.7.1 Epithelial Malignant Mesothelioma; title: 4.7.2 Mucin-Positive Mesothelioma; title: 4.7.3 High-Grade (Pleomorphic) Epithelial Mesothelioma; title: 4.7.4 Sarcomatous Mesothelioma; title: 4.7.5 Mixed Epithelial and Sarcomatous Mesothelioma; title: 4.7.6 Mesothelioma of the Tunica Vaginalis; title: 4.7.7 Pericardial Mesothelioma; title: 4.8 Special Techniques for Diagnosis; title: 4.8.1 Mucin Stains; title: 4.8.2 Immunohistochemical Stains; title: 4.8.3 Ultrastructure; title: 4.8.4 Separation of Mesothelioma from Carcinoma Using Microarrays; title: 4.9 Differential Diagnosis; title: 4.9.1 Tumors Metastatic to the Pleura, Peritoneum, and Pericardium; title: 4.9.2 Primary Serous Papillary Carcinoma/Serous Papillary Borderline Tumor of the Peritoneum and Metastatic Serous Carcinoma/Serous Borderline Tumor of the Ovary; title: 4.9.3 Primary Squamous Carcinomas of the Pleura; title: 4.9.4 Primary Sarcomas of the Pleura; title: 4.10 Choices and Limitations of Diagnostic Specimens; title: 4.10.1 Tissue Specimens; title: 4.10.2 Staging, Therapy, and Prognosis; title: 4.11 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS; title: 5 Separation of Benign and Malignant Mesothelial Proliferations; title: 5.1 Introduction; title: 5.2 Epithelial-type Proliferations; title: 5.2.1 Proliferations Confined to a Serosal Surface; title: 5.2.2 Mesothelial Proliferations Invading Underlying Tissue; title: 5.2.3 Separating Invasion from Entrapment; title: 5.2.4 Cytologic Atypia/Necrosis; title: 5.3 Spindle Cell Proliferations; title: 5.3.1 Organizing Pleuritis; title: 5.3.2 Desmoplastic Mesothelioma; title: 5.4 Role of Immunohistochemistry; title: 5.5 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS; title: 6 Localized Benign Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions of the Serosal Membranes; title: 6.1 Solitary Fibrous Tumor; title: 6.2 Nodular Pleural Plaque; title: 6.3 Well-Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma; title: 6.4 Lipoma; title: 6.5 Adenomatoid Tumor; title: 6.6 Calcifying Fibrous Tumor; title: 6.7 Simple Mesothelial Cysts of the Peritoneum; title: 6.8 Multicystic Mesothelioma of the Peritoneum; title: 6.9 Schwannoma; title: 6.10 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS; title: 7 Localized Malignant Tumors of the Serosal Membranes; title: 7.1 Malignant Version of Solitary Fibrous Tumor; title: 7.2 Localized Malignant Mesothelioma of Pleura or Peritoneum; title: 7.3 Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor; title: 7.4 Askin's Tumor; title: 7.5 Pleuropulmonary Blastoma; title: 7.6 Liposarcoma; title: 7.7 Lymphoma; title: 8 Miscellaneous Conditions; title: 8.1 Parietal Pleural Plaque; title: 8.2 Rounded Atelectasis; title: 8.3 Histiocytic/Mesothelial Hyperplasia; title: 8.4 Amyloidosis; title: 8.5 Endometriosis/Endosalpingiosis; title: 8.6 Deciduosis; title: 8.7 Leiomyomatosis Peritonealis Disseminata; title: 8.8 Chondroid and Osseous Metaplasia; title: 8.9 Walthard Rests; title: 8.10 Splenosis; title: 8.11 Melanosis; title: 8.12 Trophoblastic Implants; title: 8.13 Gliomatosis Peritonei; title: 8.14 Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor (Inflammatory Pseudotumor); title: 8.15 Omental-mesenteric Myxoid Hamartoma; title: 8.16 Pseudomyxoma Peritonei; title: 8.17 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS