A Primer on Gross Pathology Examination and Selected Images of Gross Specimens
Selected gross images of surgical specimens displaying their key gross features, to study examples of macroscopic changes seen on gross examination.
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Surgical Pathology
Ahmad Altaleb Editor
Surgical Pathology A Practical Guide for Non-Pathologist
Editor Ahmad Altaleb Histopathology Department Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital Jabriya Kuwait
ISBN 978-3-030-53689-3 ISBN 978-3-030-53690-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53690-9 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Images are among the strongest stimuli to the imagination. This is why microscopic observations have been so fertile in biomedical science. Surgical pathologists spend a great part of their lives peering through a microscope, which activity may be called “diagnostic recognition.” They try to match the image of what they see with a preexisting image stored, along with a huge number of others, in the memory Frank González-Crussí, MD. González-Crussí F. A quick sketch of the surgical pathologist, from nature. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2008;25(3):130–5.
This work is dedicated with great appreciation to my parents, wife, children, and to my country Kuwait.
Foreword
To the public and even the health-care professionals, pathology is like a black box where specimen went in and reports come out in a few days. Nobody knows what happened in the black box and people only care when the report delayed or when the error occurred. Physicians and surgeons often puzzled with some of the terms used in the report. What cribriform, basaloid, alveolar, hobnail, and herringbone mean to the patient? Why does error occur in pathology? The old proverb says, “Difference in profession makes one feel worlds apart.” The intention of this Notebook o
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