Main description:

An essential resource to solve challenging cases and sign out with confidence! An all-new volume in the popular Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology series, Differential Diagnoses in Surgical Pathology: Tumors and Their Mimickers is a crucial foundation text for residents and pathologists. Packed with information that helps you quickly differentiate entities that have similar, overlapping histopathologic features, it guides you through the decision-making process, providing a road map to the main differential diagnostic considerations that must be addressed when formulating a diagnosis. Practical and affordable, this resource is ideal for study and review, as well as for everyday surgical pathology practice.Key features of this practical text include:

Concise summaries of clinical and pathologic findings that guide you through the decision-making process, with coverage of most common and uncommon differential diagnoses in surgical pathology.

Numerous high-quality illustrations of similar-looking but distinct entities for easy side-by-side comparison.

Illustrations for each entity accompanied by a clear, concise histopathologic descriptions that highlight how they are distinguished from one another.

A consistent, user-friendly format and at-a-glance boxes and tables throughout the text, as well as selected references for further study.

Enhanced 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.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS/CONTENT STRUCTURE (INCLUDE AVAILABLE CONTRIBUTOR INFO)

1. GIT

Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine/anal

2. GYN

Vulva/Vagina
Cervix
Endometrium
Myometrium
Fallopian tubes
Ovaries
Peritoneum

3. Neuropathology

4. Hepato-biliary and Pancreas

5. Genito-Urinary

Prostate
Bladder
Kidney
Penile
Testes

6. Breast

7. Bone

8. Soft tissue

9. Head and neck

10. Endocrine

Thyroid
Adrenal

11. Lung

12. Mediastinum