Diagnostic neuropathology smears
By: Jeffrey T. Joseph.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780781786478
Subjects: Nervous system -- Pathophysiology; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Brain -- Cancer -- Diagnosis; Cytodiagnosis; Pathology, Surgical; Brain Neoplasms -- pathology; Cytodiagnosis -- methods; Cytological Techniques; Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological; Specimen Handling -- methods
Description: Provides practical information on how to perform and interpret smears and use smears for diagnostic intraoperative neuropathology. The book covers most aspects of brain biopsies that require intraoperative or "frozen section" diagnosis, including tumors, non-neoplastic lesions, infectious diseases, and metastases to the brain. The author also discusses more general aspects of smears, including their preparation and general interpretation. Emphasis is on the structural information about brain lesions supplied by the technique of smears, as well as the patterns of smears produced by different tumors. More than 200 full-colour illustrations complement the text.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Smear technique; title: Smear patterns; title: Reactive lesions; title: Infectious diseases; title: Infiltrative gliomas; title: Other glial tumors; title: Neural and primitive tumors; title: Hematological tumors; title: Extra-axial tumors; title: Regional tumors; title: Metastatic tumors; title: Miscellanea.