A thorough understanding of pathology is crucial for doctors and a foundation for safe and effective clinical practice. This internationally renowned, award-winning textbook provides a comprehensive overview, aligned to the needs of current medical students and early career stage doctors.

The book starts with a clear introduction to the basic principles of pathology, then moves on to more detailed discussion of disease mechanisms and the pathology of specific disorders ordered by body system. The text has been fully updated for this eighth edition and optimized for efficient study.

Complete with unrivalled photographs, images, graphics and supplementary electronic materials, Underwood's Pathology is the complete learning package no medical student should be without.

Fully revised throughout
New sections on the pathology of Covid-19 in all relevant sections
Extensive revision of the molecular pathology of tumours
Edited by Simon S. Cross, MD FRCPath, Professor of Diagnostic Histopathology and Honorary Consultant, Histopathologist, Academic Unit of Pathology, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health, The University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, UK


Preface
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Index of Patient Symptoms

PART 1 BASIC PATHOLOGY
1 What is pathology?
2 What is disease?
3 What causes disease?
PART 2 DISEASE MECHANISMS
4 Disorders of growth, differentiation and morphogenesis
5 Responses to cellular injury
6 Disorders of metabolism and homoeostasis
7 Ischaemia, infarction and shock
8 Immunology and immunopathology
9 Inflammation
10 Neoplasia and carcinogenesis
11 Ageing and death
12 How do pathologists help patient care?
PART 3 SYSTEMATIC PATHOLOGY
13 Cardiovascular system
14 Respiratory system
15 Alimentary system
16 Liver, biliary system and pancreas
17 Endocrine system
18 Breast
19 Female genital tract
20 Urinary and male genital tracts
21 Kidney diseases
22 Lymph nodes and extranodal lymphoid tissue, spleen and thymus
23 Blood and bone marrow
24 Skin
25 Osteoarticular and connective tissues
26 Central and peripheral nervous systems

Glossary
Index