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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent review book; well organized, May 19, 2006
For anyone interested, this 2nd edition is divided into 2 sections: General Pathology and Organ Systems. General Pathology covers: Molecular Pathology, Human Genetic Disorders, Forensics, EM, Transplantation Pathology, Cytology. Organ Systems has the following chapters: Neuropath, Lymph node, Spleen, Bone marrow, Neoplasms of Skin/Immunodermatology, Non-neoplastic skin, Endocrine, Bone and Joints, Soft Tissue, Salivary gland tumors, Head and neck, Eye pathology, Mediastinum/Thymus, Cardiovascular path, Lung, Breast, Vulva/vagina, Uterus/FT, Ovary/Peritoneum, Placental disease, Non-neoplastic renal, Renal Tumors, Urinary bladder, Prostate, Testis, Penis, Esophagus/Stomach, SI/Appendix/Colon/Anus, Pancreas, Non-neoplastic liver, Neoplasms of the liver and biliary system.
Ok, now for my review: I really think this is a great book! While it would have been nice to have all color photos (which would make the book more expensive), the black/white pictures are of high quality. (There is a CD of all the images in color included with the book.)
The book really does condense what you really need to know in Anatomic path to the essentials. The organization of information for each entry is excellent. For almost every entry, the info is subdivided into Clinical and Microscopic. Where appropriate, additional subheadings are included, such as Macroscopic, Immunohistochemistry, Cytogenetics, and Differential Diagnosis. In addition, some of the common variants for some entities are also included!
This format reminds me of the Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology book, which is also excellent. What is great about the Essentials of Anatomic Pathology book is that it includes not just surgpath, but also other pathology subjects(like forensics, EM, molecular, cytology, and cytogenetics). There is also extensive coverage of Hemepath.
Overall, I think this book is ideal not only as a quick reference book but also as a review book for the pathology boards. I highly recommend it!
Perhaps my only request for the next edition is that COLOR images be incorporated into the text. I'd rather pay more to get the color images incorporated than to have them in a separate CD. With color, this book would probably be one of the best review books for Anatomic pathology out there.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid outline-format review of anatomic pathology, August 28, 2003
This is one of several outlines available for purchase in book form covering anatomic pathology. Essentially, what you are purchasing is a nice set of review notes for boards preparation. This multiauthor book like all texts has some chapters that are stronger than others. Some authors (particuarly breast) have let their own classification schemes come out--for better or worse (but a book like this just doesn't have room for lengthy debates on fine points). The chapters "essentially" follow Rosai's textbook, and the strongest asset is it's numerous tables. Expensive, but I think it's better than its direct competitors.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very comprehensive, June 2, 2007
The authors of this review book present, for the most part, a masterfully condensed outline of vital concepts in surgical pathology, while providing very useful additional material on molecular pathology, microbiology, hematopathology, and other topics not traditionally considered part of surgical pathology.
I deny this work a fifth star because, despite the generally laudable efforts of the authors, there runs throughout the book an undeniable, if fairly subtle, thread of carelessness. A few sections appear to have been half-heartedly written, with only superficial attention given to important concepts. For some of these, such as the vasculitides, other review books or general textbooks of pathology should be consulted. Also, with few exceptions, the chapters are thickly strewn with grammatical, orthographical, and punctuation errors of every description. While many readers may find this insignificant (it certainly doesn't seem to have been important to the editors), I feel that it does make for tiresome reading at times, particularly as one tries to decipher double meanings created by the omission of some critical word or symbol. Also, it is hard to believe that people so educated and (presumably) so professional as the authors of this book - people who are experienced in writing papers - should make so many writing mistakes. One wonders how much pride the editors really took in their work.
All this said, the overall quality of this book does not suffer greatly on account of these flaws. However, as it deserves to live on in a third edition, I would recommend that those sections be rewritten that fall short of the high standard set by the remainder of the volume. Also, editors should be hired who can impart a more professional polish. A work as praiseworthy as this one should be free of mistakes that are as embarrassing as they are completely avoidable.
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