Pediatric Head and Neck Textbook. Pathology, Surgery and Imaging

Section 1: Introduction to Pediatric Head and Neck Surgical Pathology.- Surgical pathology.-Radiological investigations.- Surgical consultation.- Section 2: Clinical Aspects of Head and Neck Diseases in infants, children and young adolescents.- Ear and temporal bone: Clinical features and surgical management.- Ear and temporal bone: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Nasal cavity and paranasal sinus: Clinical features and surgical management.- Nasal cavity and paranasal sinus: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Nasal pharynx and hypopharynx: Clinical features and surgical management.- Nasal pharynx and hypopharynx: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Larynx and trachea: Clinical features and surgical management.- Larynx and trachea: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Oral cavity, maxilla and mandible: Clinical features and surgical management.- Oral Cavity, Maxilla and mandible Pathology and diagnostic features.- Salivary glands: Clinical features and surgical management.- Salivary glands: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Thyroid and parathyroid: Clinical features and surgical management.- Thyroid and parathyroid: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Paraganglionic system: Clinical features and surgical management.- Paraganglionic system: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Lymphoid system: Clinical features and surgical management.- Lymphoid system: Pathology and diagnostic features.- Surgical skin diseases of the head and neck: Clinical features and management.- Clinical Dermatology of the head and neck.- Dermatopathology of the Head and Neck: Pathology and Diagnostic features.- Disease of the nasal and tracheal cilia: Clinical aspects.- Diagnostic pathology of disorders of nasal and tracheal cilia.- Pathology of Paediatric Sarcoma of the Head and Neck.- Pathology of Paediatric head and neck neoplasm unique to specific geographic regions.

This book focuses on Pediatric Head and Neck Surgical Diseases and Pediatric Surgical Pathology. The core objective is to provide the reader the essential background of various head and neck diseases that are common and/or unique to children by highlighting the key diagnostic, clinical, and pathologic features. It encompasses a comprehensive spectrum of pediatric head and neck diseases that are congenital or acquired. Many chapters describe the clinical and radiologic presentation, age-specific differential diagnosis, and diagnostic histopathologic features. The clinical and pathologic aspects of diseases that are unique to children and young adults that are amenable to surgical care are specifically emphasized.

Pediatric Head and Neck Textbook: Pathology, Surgery and Imaging is aimed at trainees and specialists in Pediatrics, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, General and Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Pathology.

Author Information

Dr Paolo Campisi
Dr. Paolo Campisi is a Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery practicing at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. He has a clinical interest in disorders of the head and neck, airway and voice and is the Director of the Centre for Paediatric Voice and Laryngeal Function, a subspecialty clinic designed for the care of children with voice disorders. His research interests are focused on the epidemiology and management of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in children. He is the Vice Chair Education and Director of Postgraduate Education for the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto.

Dr. Vito Forte
Dr. Vito Forte is a Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto. He retired from clinical duties from the Hospital for Sick Children after 30 years of practice. He also served as the Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the Associate Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children for over a decade.

Dr. Bo-Yee Ngan
Dr. Bo-Yee Ngan is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, practicing Anatomical Pathology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He has a special interest in Pediatric Surgical Pathology, Pediatric Tumors (especially lymphomas).

Dr. Glenn Taylor
Dr. Glenn Taylor is Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto. He practiced Anatomical and Surgical Pediatric Pathology at BC Childrens Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, and at the Hospital for Sick Children and Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He served as Chief of the Division of Pathology in the Hospital for Sick Children for a decade and is a Past President of the Society for Pediatric Pathology.