Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology Review, 1e [Paperback]

Ivan Damjanov MD PhD (Editor), Marin Nola MD PhD (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0323044999 | ISBN-13: 978-0323044998 | Publication Date: December 13, 2006 | Edition: 1

Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology Review is the ideal study guide to help you prepare for board certification or re-certification examinations in anatomic pathology. Based on the leading surgical pathology textbook, Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology, this must-have resource provides comprehensive coverage of all pathologic entities of the major organ systems as well as diagnostic techniques. Rather than presenting page after page of dense text, this reference makes studying a snap by featuring reader-friendly true/false questions. The answers are explained and cross-referenced to appropriate pages in Rosai for further reading. To test your knowledge and assist in your final preparation, the book features a comprehensive multiple-choice examination at its conclusion. From distilling important facts and concepts to providing practical study tools, this essential resource not only helps you study, it helps you study well.

• Features user-friendly True/False questions in each chapter to promote quick self-assessment.
• Provides concise answers and explanations after each True/False question, with references to relevant pages in Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology for more in-depth review.
• Includes an extensive multiple-choice examination at the end of the book for final preparation.
• Uses more than 150 color illustrations to illuminate every important detail of gross and microscopic pathology.

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About the Author

School of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Science The University of Kansas Medical Center 3901 Rainbow Blvd. Kansas City, KS 66160-7410

Product Details

• Paperback: 516 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 1 edition (December 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323044999
• ISBN-13: 978-0323044998
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #733,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive review, December 17, 2006

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Jochen Lennerz (Wash U, St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology Review, 1e (Paperback)

A 500 page review of the 3000 page standard textbook in SurgPath - is that possible?

The basic structure of the review is based on the 31 chapters in Rosai's two-volume textbook. This includes the pastel-colored chapter coding and the sub structuring of each chapter (eg. neuromuscular system with CNS, peripheral nerves, skeletal muscle). In contrast to the other available multiple-choice reviews on Anatomic Pathology (~1800 questions: Lefkowitch 1st ed. 2006; ~600 questions: Sternberg's by DiPatre 1st ed. 2005), the format here is mainly based on true/false statements. This "new" design of ~4000 questions provides an interesting transition between the "standard" MC questions and the "rapid-fire question-answer facts" provided in the Pathology Board Review by Roberts (3rd ed. 2006; over 4000 question-answer combinations). The main difference to the aforementioned review is, that the pages containing the questions are separated from the answers. While this layout prevents "cheating", the format of the answers does not allow independent reading of only the answers (eg. some refer to the phrasing in the question). Therefore, the page in the main textbook is provided - which is really helpful.

Why not five stars?
Well, in those chapters with many subchapters [eg. Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) or Female reproductive system], the separation of question and answers does not allow quick and easy look-up. Example: a question #8 in the GIT sub-chapter "Small bowel" requires exact tracking in the answer section to this chapter, as there are answers #8 in the subchapter esophagus, stomach, small bowel, appendix, colon and anus. This is more of a layout problem but can be annoying as reading the answer of a different question distracts quite a bit. Small organ symbols/icons behind the answer could have solved this issue...

It still rocks!
The main strength of this review is the comprehensive recapitulation of the enormous two-volume set. When reviewing a chapter in Rosai, the outline is mainly anatomic and the style is unique and entertaining; which can be confusing (probably the reason why some like Sternberg better...). However, if you like "Rosai," and plan to read it from cover to cover, but are overwhelmed by the 10kg of surgical pathology, BUY this review. It provides you with some sort of attending guided marker. There are not many pictures, but the book highlights on average 2 facts per page in the "big" Rosai - and if reviewed together (on a large and stable desk), chapters fly by - almost (50 true/false statements ~2.5 hours).

Final remark
This is truly a SURGICAL pathology review book and does therefore not include separate chapters of the "other" topics integrated in the Anatomic Pathology part of the Boards (eg. Immuno, Molecular-, Cyto-, Forensic- or Infectious Disease Pathology). But that should be clear, as it is based on a Surgical Pathology Text.

The review by Damjanov and Nola provides an inexpensive and interesting "exoskeleton" to Rosai's; it is truly comprehensive and highlights 2 essentials per page. To answer my initial question - it is possible... Good job.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect but not bad, November 8, 2007

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Doctor "DoctorNY" (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology Review, 1e (Paperback)

The format of the questions is T and F ..which is not very helpful for the MCQ exams...however, the authors tried to highlight the most important points in each chapter. I believe that these points are the ones that every pathologist should know (especially those sitting for Boards). If you know how to use the book in an efficient way by focusing on the explanations and reading about the points, you may benefit a lot from it.

5.0 out of 5 stars It helped me read the Big Rosi' book, August 18, 2008

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M. Elsibai - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology Review, 1e (Paperback)

I like this book very much, I was using it when I was reading the big text book (Rosi and Ackerman surgical pathology), without this question book I might not be able to read the entire Rosi's book. It helped me to pass the board exam. But I have to say that as every book written by many authors, some chapters are better than others. If you are reading the (Rosi and Ackerman surgical pathology) get this question book; I am not sure how it is going to be if you read this book only with out using the main text book; my evaluation for this book is based on reading it with the main text book.