Diagnostic Thoracic Pathology
This book covers the wide subject of pathological processes that can affect the lung, pleura and mediastinum. It is meant to offer the practicing surgical pathologist as well pathologists in training a practical approach to the diagnosis of the many entit
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Diagnostic Thoracic Pathology
Annikka Weissferdt
Diagnostic Thoracic Pathology
Annikka Weissferdt Associate Professor Department of Pathology Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX USA
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Preface
The goal of Diagnostic Thoracic Pathology is to provide a comprehensive textbook that covers the wide subject of pathological processes that can affect the lung, pleura, and mediastinum. It is meant to offer the practicing surgical pathologist as well pathologists in training a practical approach to the diagnosis of the many entities that can be found in the thoracic cavity. The bronchopulmonary system, pleural surfaces, and mediastinal space can be a microcosmos of disease requiring the pathologist to be familiar not only with the primary pathology encountered in these sites but also with the vast range of metastatic tumors with propensity for these locations. The current work covers the whole range of neoplastic and non-neoplastic thoracic pathology in one volume subdivided by anatomic site and arranged by family of tumors for neoplastic disease and by etiology or affected structure for non-neoplastic disease. The only topics not covered here include pediatric thoracic pathology, transplant pathology, and cardiovascular pathology, and the interested reader is referred to other standard works in these specialized
