Survival Guide to Gastrointestinal Mucosal Biopsies (Pathology Survival Guides Series 1, Vol. 1)

This volume on the mucosal gastrointestinal pathology provides the basics and a framework to diagnose the common lesions together with a few exotic lesions that are important. In some sections the focus is on patterns of injury whereas in others, the key is paying attention to the specific type of mucosa that is injured.

The authors point out a few pitfalls in each section. This volume is intended to help not only residents but also fully trained pathologists who begin to tackle an organ system that is unfamiliar to them or want to add or refresh knowledge.

Preface

With this slim volume, we introduce the Pathology Survival Guide series from Innovative Pathology Press. Although there are many excellent sources for learning diagnostic pathology, those directed at medical students are too simplified to be practical for daily work with diagnostic pathology, and many other texts assume a foundation of more knowledge than many of us have as we begin to learn about a new area of diagnostic pathology. This series is intended to help residents and colleagues who begin to tackle an organ system that is unfamiliar to them. Further, in the interest of making the volumes affordable to trainees and those beginning, we have chosen a soft cover format to contain costs but not at the expense of high quality images, which we believe will enhance the availability of the ooks to those who will benefit most from them.

We begin with mucosal gastrointestinal pathology with the basics and a framework to diagnose the common lesions together with a few exotic lesions that are important. In some sections, the focus is on patterns of injury whereas in others, the key is paying attention to the specific type of mucosa that is injured. We have tried to point out a few pitfalls in each section. We will not be able to create experts with the material presented, but a road map is provided to set the stage to learn more, and we hope to pique interest in the topic.

Upcoming volumes will cover breast, liver, prostate, head and neck, frozen sections, skin, pancreas, bone, soft tissue pathology, hematopathology, and cytopathology, and feature a host of authors who are superb educators. On behalf of ourselves and the rest of the Editorial Board, we hope that many colleagues and residents will find the series useful and enjoyable to read.

Elizabeth A. Montgomery, MD
Kiyoko Oshima, MD, Dr. Sc.
Lysandra Voltaggio, MD

ABOUT THE SERIES

Although there are many excellent sources for learning diagnostic pathology, many texts have an overwhelming amount of information, some of which is obscure for the reader seeking rapid information. This series is intended to help not only residents but also fully trained pathologists who begin to tackle an organ system that is unfamiliar to them or want to add or refresh knowledge. Further, in the interest of making the volumes affordable to both trainees and fully licensed colleagues, we have chosen a soft cover format to contain costs but not at the expense of high quality images, which will enhance the availability of the books to those who will benefit most from them. These volumes are slim, light, and concise.

We have begun with mucosal gastrointestinal pathology with the basics and a framework to diagnose the common lesions together with a few exotic lesions that are important. In some sections the focus is on patterns of injury whereas in others, the key is paying attention to the specific type of mucosa that is injured. We have tried to point out a few pitfalls in each section. We will not be able to create experts with the material presented, but a road map is provided to set the stage to learn more, and we hope to pique interest in the topic.

The Innovative Pathology Press team consists of expert individuals with 15+ years of experience in producing high quality Atlases as well as very prominent pathologists and excellent educators whom we have been working with for years.