Pathology of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: A Guide to Histologic Diagnosis [Hardcover]

Roger E. McLendon (Author), Darell D. Bigner (Author), Sandra Bigner (Author), James Provenzale (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0340700718 | ISBN-13: 978-0340700716 | Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | Edition: 1

Primary brain tumors affect approximately 15 per hundred thousand people. Their rare occurrence provides few pathologists with sufficient material to gain expertise in the field. This text attempts to provide a sense of the vast variety of histologic appearances that these tumors may exhibit, discuss the findings in terms that pathologist can understand, and provide them with an outline of the proper handling of these tumors to arrive at a correct diagnosis. The text accomplishes these goals by discussing those tumors found mainly in adults in one section and in children in another section, an organization that the authors have found to be extremely useful in their teaching other pathologists about this area of pathology, but is currently lacking.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Color atlases of CNS neoplasia are rare; thus a major gap in the neurooncological literature is filled by this work. Okazaki's Atlas of Neuropathology is not strictly a tumor atlas. The only comparable recent work is Kleihues Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of the Nervous System (IARC Press, 2000) but it is much shorter, particularly since the textbook should be used with this atlas. As an overall assessment, I would say this atlas is a major achievement as a rich, easy-to-use, esthetically presented visual aid for all those who wish to further their information about CNS neoplasia. Thus I can strongly recommend it for the audience mentioned above." --Doody's

"The text is well organized and packs in considerable detail for an atlas format and also includes selected references. It is a valuable addition to the standard texts on pathology of central nervous system tumors." -- M.B. Bhattacharjee, Modern Pathology, Dec 2000

"This is a handy, concise and precise guide and atlas, which will be useful for practicing general pathologists, as well as for residents in training for neurosurgery, pathology, and neurology." -- Chinnamma Thomas, MD, Arch Pathol Lab Med, Vol 125, Jan 2001

About the Author

Roger E. McLendon is at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; Associate Professor of Pathology, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia. Darell D. Bigner is at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 313 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold Publishers; 1 edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340700718
• ISBN-13: 978-0340700716
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,833,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)