A much-needed comprehensive resource, Endocrine Pathology covers clinical, radiologic, biochemical, molecular, cytogenetic, immunologic and histopathologic aspects of endocrine disorders, including the full spectrum of both neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions. The first section of the book provides an overview of the clinical presentations of endocrine diseases, while the second section reviews the wide variety of investigative techniques used in their diagnosis. The third and largest section provides a comprehensive tissue- and organ-based approach to the diagnosis of endocrine disorders, including morphologic, genetic and proteomic features with clinicopathologic correlations. All chapters are richly illustrated with numerous color images, tables and algorithms, and the book is packaged with a password, giving the user online access to all text and images. Written and edited by the world's leading experts, this comprehensive and up-to-date book is the definitive resource on endocrine pathology for all pathologists, endocrinologists and researchers.

Highlights advances in laboratory technology and new concepts in the molecular basis of endocrine diseases, allowing readers to understand and adopt modern approaches to the diagnosis and management of endocrine disorders
Integrates numerous illustrations, tables, algorithms, charts and high-quality color images, all of which are available to the reader in both print and electronic formats
Provides a definite review of the evolving landscape of endocrine pathology practice, illustrating the role of the pathologist in the multidisciplinary medical team

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Part I. Clinical Approaches:
1. Clinical presentations of endocrine diseases Karen Gomez Hernandez and Shereen Ezzat
2. Familial endocrine tumor syndromes Charalampos Lyssikatos, Fabio R. Faucz and Constantine A. Stratakis
3. Immunologic basis of endocrine diseases Shawn Winer, Hubert Tsui, and Daniel Winer
Part II. Investigative Techniques:
4. Biochemical testing Paul M. Yip, Karen Gomez-Hernandez, and Shereen Ezzat
5. Radiologic imaging Artur Salmaslioglu, Baris Bakir, M. Gulbiz Dagoglu Kartal, Michael Chan, Juan Pablo Cruz, Walter Kucharczyk, Eugene Yu, and Karen Gulenchyn
6. Cytologic assessment Scott L. Boerner
7. Intraoperative consultations Ozgur Mete and Sylvia L. Asa
8. Morphology and immunohistochemistry Robert Osamura
9. Cytogenetic testing methods Hong Wang and Cuihong Wei
10. Experimental models of endocrine diseases Toru Tateno and Tae Nakano-Tateno
Part III. Anatomical Endocrine Pathology:
11. The brain as an endocrine organ (including the pineal gland) M. Beatriz S. Lopes, Sugoto Mukherjee, Michael A. Reardon, and Carrie A. Mohila
12. The pituitary gland Sylvia L. Asa and Ozgur Mete
13. Thyroid Vania Nosé, Ana Carolina de Jesus, Ozgur Mete, Sylvia L. Asa, Marco Volante, Mauro Papotti and Darcy Kerr
14. Parathyroid gland Lori A. Erickson
15. Adrenal cortex Kai Duan, Thomas J. Giordano and Ozgur Mete
16. Adrenal medulla and extra-adrenal paraganglia Lindsey Oudijk, Ronald R. de Krijger, Karel Pacak, and Arthur S. Tischler
17. Endocrine lesions of the gastrointestinal tract Stefano Serra
18. The endocrine pancreas Stefano Serra, Frediano Inzani and Guido Rindi
19. Liver in endocrine disease Oyedele A. Adeyi and Sandra E. Fischer
20. Pulmonary, thymic and mediastinal neuroendocrine lesions Mauro Papotti, Sylvie Lantuejoul, Giulio Rossi, and Marco Volante
21. The kidney in endocrine disease Clariss Cassol and Carmen Avila-Casado
22. Endocrine aspects of the male genitourinary system Michelle Downes
23. Endocrine lesions in the mammary gland Tadao Nakazawa and Tetsuo Kondo
24. The placenta N. J. Sebire and A. R. Bamber
25. The gynecologic tract neuroendocrine tumors and ovarian tumors with endocrine association Marjan Rouzbahman and Blaise Clarke
26. Skin manifestations in endocrine diseases Karen A. Naert, Nadya Al-Faraidy, Ayman Al-Habeeb, Danny Ghazarian, Cuyan Demirkesen and Can Baykal
27. Cardiovascular system in endocrine disease Pooja Singhal and Jagdish Butany
28. Soft tissue in endocrine disease Brendan Dickson
29. Bone in endocrine disease Brendan Dickson, David Goltzman and Richard Kremer
30. The approach to metastatic endocrine tumors of unknown primary site Sara Hafezi-Bakthiari and Ozgur Mete
Index.