Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Surgical Pathology

Written from a functional perspective, DIAGNOSTIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PATHOLOGY is the perfect tool to help the pathologist understand the significance of molecular biology and genetic information in the quest to apply it to everyday practice. With examples of both molecular and cytogenic assays, this text brings together useful, current information in a clear and practical manner that puts to use the explosion of new discoveries in molecular biology for the anatomic pathologist.

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Reviews

"One of the amazing things about this book is that it is able to present this material in succinct format without appearing to omit any necessary detail. It almost makes this subject seem easy...The pictures are terrific and in full color, the tables are useful, and the other lesions that are in the differential for any entity are all in the same chapter and easily cross referenced. This clearly is a textbook that was meant to be used...The strength of this book is that it is different than the other textbooks available on this subject. It is clearly the best textbook on the cytology of bone and soft tissue tumors." Advances in Anatomic Pathology
"I wholeheartedly recommend it." The Journal of Histotechnology
"Its uniqueness stems from the fact that this book gives a quick and practical overview of dieases affecting the locomotor system in an extreme user-friendly fashion. A book of similar attributes is hard to find. The text is written in 393 pages with over 1,250 illustrations including 1,104 full-color images. These illustrations are not only of suberb quality and clarity, but also highly educational. Many remarkable tables and summary boxes complement the text and illustrations. This textbook provides a comprehensive and quick practical guide to understanding modern cytologic and histologic diagnosis of musculoskeletal surgical pathology. This book is useful to all treating clinicians, practicing pathologists, residents, cytotechnologists, and physician assistants with interest in this field of Pathology. It is one of a kind and should be placed close and handy in our reference bookshelf." Wiley InterScience, 2005
Key Features

* Covers bone, skeletal muscle, and soft tissue disorders and neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions, in one convenient volume.
* Incorporates histologic diagnosis with cytologic and clinicoradiologic correlations.
* Discusses the hottest topics in the field, including fine needle aspiration findings
* osseous tumors of bone and soft tissue
* infectious, metabolic, and arthritic conditions of the musculoskeletal system.
* Features superb images from the author's extensive personal collection.
* Includes over 1050 illustrations, summary immunohistochemistry tables, and boxes, highlighting key information.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Principles of Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Surgical Pathology

Chapter 2: Ancillary Techniques

Chapter 3: Small Round Cell Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 4: Epithelioid/Polygonal Cell Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 5: Spindle Cell Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue in Infants and Children

Chapter 6: Spindle Cell Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue in Adults

Chapter 7: Giant Cell-Containing Lesions of Bone, Joints and Soft Tissue

Chapter 8: Myxoid Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 9: Adipocytic Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 10: Vascular Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 11: Pleomorphic Cell Sarcomas of Bone nd Soft Tissue

Chapter 12: Osseous Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 13: Chondroid and Hyaline Cartilage Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 14: Cysts of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 15: Non-Mesenchymal Tumors of Bone and Soft Tissue

Chapter 16: Infectious, Metabolic, and Arthritic Conditions of the Musculoskeletal System