Spencer's Pathology of the Lung 2 Part Set.

Spencer's Pathology of the Lung 2 Part Set.

Fully rewritten new edition with extensive color images and clinical, radiographic, pathogenetic and molecular coverage of all recognized lung diseases.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hasleton, Philip
Other Authors: Flieder, Douglas B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Edition:6th ed.
Subjects:
Lungs > Diseases.
Lungs > Diseases
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors; Foreword to the First Edition; Preface to the Sixth Edition; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The normal lung: histology, embryology, development, aging and function; Introduction; Development; Airway and airspace development; Vascular development; Factors regulating lung development; Effect of sex on lung growth; Post-natal lung development; Tracheal growth; Lung; Stem/progenitor cells in the lung; Normal organization; Airways; The trachea; The primary bronchi; The lungs; Blood supply; Lymphatics and lymph nodes; Nerve supply; Pleura.
  • Histology, ultrastructure and functionTrachea, bronchi and bronchioles; Respiratory epithelium; Ciliated cells; Basal cells; Non-ciliated secretory cells; Club cells (Clara cells); Goblet cells and serous cells; Neuroendocrine cells; Other cells; Brush cells; Intermediate cells; Basement membrane; Smooth muscle; Submucosal glands; Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT); Acini and alveoli; Type I pneumocytes; Type II pneumocytes; Pulmonary interstitium; Pulmonary vasculature; Pleura; Aging; Structural changes; Functional changes; References.
  • Chapter 2: Lung specimen handling and practical considerationsIntroduction; Cytology specimen processing; Small specimen histological processing; Large surgical pathology specimen processing; Lung wedge biopsies; Segmentectomy, simple lobectomy, bronchoplastic resection, pneumonectomy, and autopsy lungs; Evaluation of the large specimen in known or suspected cases of primary lung carcinoma; Large pleural biopsy; Ancillary studies; Artifacts in biopsy; Atelectasis/overinflation; Intra-alveolar hemorrhage; Crush artifact; Sponge artifact; Bubble artifact; Incidental lesions; Large airways.
  • Ossification of tracheobronchial cartilageOncocytic metaplasia of bronchial submucosal glands; Bronchial submucosal elastosis and adipose tissue; Parenchymal; Scar; Apical cap; Metaplastic bone and dystrophic ossification; Smooth muscle hyperplasia; Schaumann bodies; Asteroid bodies; Calcium oxalate crystals; Mallorys hyaline-like material in type II pneumocytes; Corpora amylacea; Blue bodies; Senile amyloid; Vascular; Megakaryocytes; Pigmentation of elastic fibers; Microthrombi; Bone marrow emboli; Others; Hamazaki-Wesenberg bodies; Entrapped pleura.
  • Applications and misapplications of the lung biopsyEfficacy of the transbronchial biopsy; High utility; Probably diagnostic; Possibly diagnostic; Unreliable; Problems with the biopsy; Issues of tissue; Problems in interpretation; References; Chapter 3 Congenital abnormalities and pediatric lung diseases, including neoplasms; Introduction; Congenital malformations; Trachea; Abnormality of tracheal length; Tracheal agenesis; Tracheal stenosis; Intrinsic tracheal stenosis; Diffuse stenosis; Funnel-shaped tracheal stenosis; Segmental stenosis; Extrinsic stenosis; Tracheomalacia.

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