Diagnostic Soft Tissue Pathology Ssp 14-4

This groundbreaking resource offers practical coverage of the diagnosis of the full spectrum of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases and the traditional and modern modalities used to detect them. Its focus on pattern recognition and differential diagnosis provides clinicians with a modern and accessible approach for arriving at a specific and accurate diagnosis.

Features

Employs a pattern recognition strategy for morphologic evaluation.

Discusses the latest techniques in the diagnosis of soft tissue tumors, as well as the most recently reclassified tumors.

Integrates molecular pathology and immunohistochemistry into each chapter.

Offers guidance in each chapter on which immunostains to use, as well as how to execute and interpret various blotting studies.

Clarifies key histologic appearances using over 1,100 illustrations (over 800 in full color). These illustrations represent one of the finest collections of soft tissue pathology illustrations in the world.

Features the expertise of renowned pathologist and Chairman of the Department of Soft Tissue Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Markku M. Miettinen, MD.

Contents

• Introduction, Tumor Grading and Staging
• Radiologic Evaluation of Soft Tissue Tumors
• Immunohistochemistry of Soft Tissue Tumors
• Genetics of Soft Tissue Tumors
• Benign Fibroblastic Tumors
• Fibroblastic Tumors of Childhood
• Malignant Fibroblastic Tumors
• Benign Fibroblastic Tumors
• Liposarcoma
• Smooth Muscle Tumors
• Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
• Stromal Tumors of the Genital Tract
• Rhabdomyoma and Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Vascular Tumors
• Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Neuroectodermal and Neural Tumors
• Cartilaginous and Osseous Tumors of Soft Tissue
• Small, Round Cell Tumors
• Soft tissue Tumors with Epithelial Differentiation
• Soft tissue Tumors of Unknown Histogenesis
• Lymphoid and Histiocytic Proliferations of Soft Tissue