Surgical pathology : a practical guide for non-pathologist

Surgical pathology : a practical guide for non-pathologist / Ahmad Altaleb, editor.

This book provides a practical and clinically oriented guide to the concepts of pathologic diagnosis of surgical specimens. Concise and highly illustrated chapters cover essential information required within patient management. Telepathology, ancillary techniques, and surgical oncology concepts are...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Altaleb, Ahmad (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2021]
Subjects:
Pathology, Surgical.
Pathology, Surgical
Oncology
Pathology
Surgery
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction. The role of surgical pathologist: a surgeon's perspective
  • Histopathology versus cytopathology
  • Part II: The surgical pathology report. The surgical pathology request form, what is mandatory to fill-in?
  • The surgical pathology report simplified
  • Clarifying jargon in pathology reports
  • Part III: The journey of specimens. The journey of specimens: from the operating table to the microscope
  • At the grossing station: principles of specimen handling and cut-up
  • Basics of tissue processing
  • A primer on gross pathology examination and selected images of gross specimens
  • Part IV: Specimen's 'essentials'!. Formalin
  • The paraffin block
  • Part V: The intraoperative consultation. The pathologist and the intraoperative consultation: a surgeon's perspective
  • Intraoperative diagnoses techniques
  • Frozen sections
  • Part VI: The biopsy. Biopsies in oncology: role, types, and principles of optimal sampling
  • Part vii: ancillary studies in surgical pathology
  • Ancillary studies in surgical pathology
  • Commonly used immunohistochemical stains and their diagnostic, theranostic, and prognostic utilities
  • Part VIII: A primer on surgical oncology. Grading and staging in pathology
  • A primer on clinical stage classifications of malignant tumors (cTNM)
  • Selected tables of pathologic stage classification (pTNM)
  • Surgical margin assessment
  • Metastases: a visual guide
  • Part IX: The modern surgical pathology. Virtual microscopy and telepathology
  • The modern pathologist role at MDT meeting
  • Part X: Errors in surgical pathology. Sources of error in surgical pathology.

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