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Comes with access to expertconsult.com where you'll find the fully searchable text and all of the book's illustrations.

Includes all updates from the last three revisions of the Brigham & Women's Hospital in-house handbook, ensuring you have the best knowledge available.

Features new and updated tables in special studies sections, particularly immunohistochemistry with an increased number of antibodies covered, keeping you absolutely up to date.

Provides new tables that cover the histologic appearance of viruses and fungi and a table covering the optical properties of commonly seen noncellular material for easy reference.

Incorporates the TNM classification systems from the new 7th edition AJCC manual, including additional guidelines for the assessment of critical pathologic features.

Presents four new full size illustrations by Dr. Christopher French and Mr. Shogun G. Curtis, as well as 39 illustrations for the new tables on viruses, fungi, and noncellular material to aid in their recognition.

Contents

1. Requests for Pathologic Specimens
2. Specimen Processing: From Gross Specimens to Tissue Cassettes
3. The Histology Laboratory
4. The Surgical Pathology Report
5. Consultation Reports
6. Operating Room Consultations
7. Special Studies
8. Safety Precautions
9. Microscopy and Photography
10. Adrenal Glands
11. Amputations and Large Resections
12. Biopsies, Small
13. Bones and Joints
14. Breast
15. Bullets
16. Cardiovascular Specimens
17. Cytology Specimens
18. Dermatopathology
19. Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Pancreatic Specimens
20. Genitourinary Specimens
21. Gross Examination
22. Gynecologic and Perinatal Pathology 24. Hernia Sac
25. Larynx
26. Lung and Pleura
27. Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Bone Marrow
28. Medical Devices and Foreign Materials
29. Neuropathology
30. Paraganglioma
31. Penis
32. Soft issue Tumors (Sarcomas)
33. Thymus
34. Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
35. Frequent Errors and Pitfalls in Specimen Processing