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Pathology of the Pancreas, Gallbladder, Extrahepatic Biliary Tract, and Ampullary Region (Medicine) [Hardcover]

Ernest E. Lack (Author)

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Publication Date: April 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0195133927 | ISBN-13: 978-0195133929 | Edition: 1

As a single comprehensive reference source and full-color atlas, this book covers a wide range of pathology. Normal anatomy as well as developmental abnormalities are detailed. A variety of non-neoplastic conditions are covered, including transplant pathology, diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis. Neoplasms are emphasized. The difficulties encountered with frozen section diagnosis, cytopathology, and tumor classification systems are addressed. Common and rare conditions of pancreas, gallbladder, extrahepatic biliary tract and ampullary regions are all extensively reviewed. Special attention is paid to clinical features, prognostic factors, biologic behavior and survival. With almost 1,300 color images and over 5,300 references, this treatise is a major contribution to field.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } As a single comprehensive reference source and full-color atlas, this book covers a wide range of pathology. Normal anatomy as well as developmental abnormalities are detailed. A variety of non-neoplastic conditions are covered, including transplant pathology, diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis. Neoplasms are emphasized. The difficulties encountered with frozen section diagnosis, cytopathology, and tumor classification systems are addressed. Common and rare conditions of pancreas, gallbladder, extrahepatic biliary tract and ampullary regions are all extensively reviewed. Special attention is paid to clinical features, prognostic factors, biologic behavior and survival. With almost 1,300 color images and over 5,300 references, this treatise is a major contribution to field.

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I would thoroughly recommend this marvellous book for all pathologists who report upper gastrointestinal specimens. Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists

About the Author

Ernest Lack is at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC. Jorges Albores-Saavedra is at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX.

Product Details

Hardcover: 608 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (April 15, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195133927
ISBN-13: 978-0195133929
Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,342,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
The pancreas is a deep-seated retroperitoneal organ that throughout early history was very difficult to characterize with respect to its structure, function, and association with various diseases. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
acinar dilatation, adenomyomatous hyperplasia, acinar cell differentiation, periampullary mucosa, pancreatic allograft rejection, papillary mutinous tumors, eosinophilic cholecystitis, tract and ampullary region, acinar cell cystadenocarcinoma, known pancreatic disease, lipomatous pseudohypertrophy, congenital short pancreas, squamoid corpuscles, acinar cell nodules, diastase predigestion, scattered endocrine cells, heterotopic pancreatic tissue, acinar metaplasia, pancreatic infarction, centroacinar cells, common embryogenesis, internal biliary fistula, pancreaticobiliary tract, extrahepatic biliary tract, papillary cystic tumor

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Surg Pathol, Hum Pathol, Arch Pathol Lab Med, Clin Pathol, Mod Pathol, New York, Arch Surg, Virchows Arch, Dig Dis Sci, Clin Gastroenterol, Surgical Diseases of the Pancreas, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Pediatr Surg, Ann Intern Med, Dis Child, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States, Atlas of Tumor Pathology, Acta Chir Scand, Cancer Res, Surg Oncol, Acta Cytol, Mayo Clinic, Pathol Anat, Mayo Clin Proc

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This book cites 17 books:

Surgical Diseases of the Pancreas by John M. Howard on 15 pages
Tumors of the Gallbladder by Albores-Saavedra on 8 pages
Perspectives in Pediatric Pathology by Rosenberg on 6 pages
Atlas of Exocrine Pancreatic Tumors: Morphology, Biology, and Diagnosis with an International Guide for Tumor Classification by P. M. Pour on 6 pages
TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours (UICC) by Leslie H. Sobin on page 505, and page 572

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