- Discusses advances in molecular diagnostic testing, its capabilities and its limitations, including targeted and personalized medicine.
- Incorporates the latest TNM staging and WHO classification systems, as well as new diagnostic biomarkers and their utility in differential diagnosis, newly described variants, and new histologic entities.
- Contains more than 700 high-quality, full color illustrations-a complete visual guide to each tumor or tumor-like lesion that assists in the recognition and diagnosis of any tissue sample under the microscope.
- Presents extensively detailed information throughout, with descriptions of macroscopic features, microscopic findings, and cytopathology.
- Incorporates relevant data from ancillary techniques such as immunohistochemistry, cytogenetics, and molecular genetics, providing you with all of the necessary tools required to master the latest breakthroughs in diagnostic technology.
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Acute hepatitis
Chapter 2: Acute Liver Failure
Chapter 3: Autoimmune hepatitis/overlap syndromes
Chapter 4: Fatty liver disease
Chapter 5: Granulomatous hepatitis
Chapter 6: Cholestasis
Chapter 7: Bile duct damage and ductopenia
Chapter 8: Chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis
Chapter 9: Ductal plate malformation and cystic liver disease
Chapter 10: Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia
Chapter 11: Pediatric liver disease
Chapter 12: Sinusoidal dilatation and congestion
Chapter 13: Portal hypertension without cirrhosis
Chapter 14: Liver disease in pregnancy
Chapter 15: Drug-induced liver injury
Chapter 16: Cytoplasmic globules
Chapter 17: Glycogen in liver disease
Chapter 18: Macrophage infiltrate (Storage disorders)
Chapter 19: Liver biopsy with minimal or nonspecific histologic findings
Chapter 20: Iron overload in the liver
Chapter 21: Wilson disease
Chapter 22: Liver transplant pathology
Chapter 23: Benign hepatocellular lesions
Chapter 24: Biliary neoplasms
Chapter 25: Hepatocellular carcinoma
Chapter 26: Hepatocellular carcinoma variants
Chapter 27: Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma
Chapter 28: Metastatic/Secondary tumors: illustrations of immunohistochemical work-up
Chapter 29: Hepatoblastoma
Chapter 30 Vascular tumors
Chapter 31: Hematopoietic tumors
Chapter 32: Other infiltrative disorders of the liver
Chapter 33: Mesenchymal tumors of the liver
