Practical surgical neuropathology
Subtitle: a diagnostic approach
By: [edited by] Arie Perry, Daniel J. Brat.
Contributors: Perry, Arie.; Brat, Daniel J.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780443069826
Subjects: Brain -- Tumors -- Diagnosis; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Pathology, Surgical; Nervous System Diseases -- surgery; Nervous System Diseases -- pathology; Pathology, Surgical -- methods
Description: Practical Surgical Neuropathy-a volume in the new Pattern Recognition series- offers you a practical guide to solving the problems you encounter in the surgical reporting room. Drs. Arie Perry and Daniel J. Brat present diagnoses according to a pattern-based organization that guides you from a histological pattern, through the appropriate work-up, around the pitfalls, and to the best diagnosis. Lavish illustrations capture key neuropathological patterns for a full range of common and rare conditions, and a "visual index" at the beginning of the book directs you to the exact location of in-depth diagnostic guidance. No other single source delivers the practical, hands-on information you need to solve even the toughest diagnostic challenges in neuropathology. Includes fully searchable access to the text online at expertconsult.com, along with an image bank of over 1430 downloadable images and tables. Provides all the information essential for completing a sign-out report: clinical findings, pathologic findings, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. Illustrates key pathologic and clinical aspects of disease entities through over 1430 superb, high-quality full-color images that help you evaluate and interpret biopsy samples. Presents a team of internationally recognized experts for authoritative and up-to-date information from leading diagnosticians in neuropathology. Features a user-friendly design with patterns color-coded to specific entities in the table of context and text and key points summarized in tables, charts, and graphs so you can quickly and easily find what you are looking for. Directs you to the chapter and specific page number of the in-depth diagnostic guidance you need through a unique, pattern-based visual index at the beginning of the book. Details key diagnostic features associated with rare and esoteric conditions in a visual encyclopedia with distinctive findings and artifacts for unusual patterns at the end of the book.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Neuropathology patterns and introduction / Arie Perry and Daniel J. Brat; title: Normal brain histopathology / Daniel J. Brat; title: Intraoperative consultation and optimal processing / Gregory N. Fuller; title: Neuroradiology, the surrogate of gross neuropathology / Jay Wippold; title: Astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors / Daniel J. Brat and Arie Perry; title: Ependymomas and choroid plexus tumors / Christine E. Fuller and Sonia Narendra; title: Low-grade neuronal and glioneuronal tumors / Daniel J. Brat; title: Pineal parenchymal tumors / Anne Jouvet and Alexandre Vasiljevic; title: Embryonal (primitive) neoplasms / Anthony T. Yachnis and Arie Perry; title: Meningiomas / Arie Perry; title: Mesenchymal tumors / Tarik Tihan and Scott E. Kilpatrick; title: Cranial and spinal nerve sheath tumors / Bernd W. Scheithauer; title: Epithelial, neuroendocrine, and metastatic tumors / Gregory N. Fuller; title: Hematopoietic and histiocytic tumors / Werner Paulus and Arie Perry; title: Germ cell tumors / Eyas M. Hattab; title: Melanocytic tumors / Daniel J. Brat; title: Other neuroepithelial tumors / Daniel J. Brat; title: Pituitary/sellar pathology / Bernd W. Scheithauer; title: Therapy-associated neuropathology / Arie Perry; title: Familial tumor syndromes / Arie Perry; title: Inflammatory and infectious disorders / B.K. DeMasters and Kenneth L. Tyler; title: Demyelinating disorders / Robert E. Schmidt; title: Epilepsy pathology / Richard A. Prayson; title: Vascular and ischemic disorders / Anthony T. Yachnis and Arie Perry; title: Neurodegenerative diseases / M. Joe Ma.