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Diagnostic Pathology: Gastrointestinal: Published by Amirsys

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Pros:

- Lay out as point form which I like.

- Some tables are good.

- A thin book, which you have to judge yourself whether this is pros or cons.

Cons:

Pictures are slight smaller then I expected. Text fonds are the largest i have ever seen in histopath books which personally think it is a waste of space.

Lack of discussion:

- focal enhanced gastritis barely mentioned in occasional chapters (despite Greenson's publication)

Enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma

- paragraphs spent on clinical issue appear longer than diagnostic path paragraph. Discussion on immunohistochemical stain pattern is minimal.

Web version:

- Not intuitive enough:

..........difficult to browse from one chapter to next chapter (have to go back to main menu and click on the chapter you want);

..........search function: no highlight on keyword searched in text.

..........If I search a term "IPSID", it provided the chapter of "MALT lymphoma". But there is no mention of which chapter is this so if I want to go to the printed version, I am getting no where. Even the tables and figures got no number which at least give a clue.

..........If I search "MUC2" and click one of the result "mucinous cystic neoplasms" it go to the chapter and I could not find the term "MUC2". Ooops... it was in the "relevant tables" frame. (You can always call me stupid)

..........Some content in printed version is absent in e-version e.g. from Helicobacter Heilmannii MICROSCOPIC PATHOLOGY

Key Descriptors

* Predominant Pattern/Injury Type

..........Inflammatory (ABSENT in web)

* Predominant Cell/Compartment Type

..........Epithelial (ABSENT in web)

I had the distinct pleasure of reading Diagnostic Pathology over the weekend and this is clearly written by experts in the field. I was both deeply impressed and humbled by the depth of knowledge that authors' share in this text. I highly recommend it to anyone seeking to broaden their horizons in the field of GI pathology.