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Elsevier - Health Sciences Division Diagnostic Pathology: Neuropathology 3e by B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters Tarik Tihan Fausto Rodriguez
Covering all aspects of neuropathology this updated volume in the Diagnostic Pathology?series is an excellent point-of-care resource for pathologists at all levels of experience and training-both as a quick reference and as an efficient review to improve knowledge and skills. The third edition is an easy-to-use one-stop reference for the most recent clinical pathological histological and molecular knowledge in the field. It offers complete information on lesions of the brain sellar region and peripheral nerves as well as benign cysts and selected infectious inflammatory reactive vascular and cortical dysplastic lesions enabling you to arrive at the correct diagnosis and prepare actionable useful reports.Incorporates updates from the 2016 WHO classification of Tumors of the CNS and newly documented developments since that publication including identification of novel antibodies that can help better classify tumorsEmphasizes surgical pathology but also provides significant content on nonneoplastic diseases that present with focal lesions especially those that are potentially misinterpreted as neoplasmsFeatures new and updated chapters detailing several types of tumors that have been reclassified due to recent molecular driver information and cIMPACT-NOW updates; for example new chapters on pediatric glial and glioneuronal tumors and new diagnostic clarifications on a group of circumscribed tumors that do not automatically deserve WHO Grade IV statusContains a detailed molecular diagnostics chapter with a section on methylation profiling which has become indispensable as a method of tumor classificationFeatures nearly 1700 annotated images throughout including a wide variety of pathology stains and high-quality medical illustrationsIncludes time-saving features such as a templated highly formatted design; concise bulleted text; a variety of test data tables; key facts in each chapter; and an extensive indexEnhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text figures and references from the book on a variety of devices.show more