An essential resource to solve challenging cases and sign out with confidence! An all-new volume in the popular Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology series, Differential Diagnoses in Surgical Pathology: Tumors and Their Mimickers is a crucial foundation text for residents and pathologists. Packed with information that helps you quickly differentiate entities that have similar, overlapping histopathologic features, it guides you through the decision-making process, providing a road map to the main differential diagnostic considerations that must be addressed when formulating a diagnosis. Practical and affordable, this resource is ideal for study and review, as well as for everyday surgical pathology practice.
Key Features
Key features of this practical text include:
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Concise summaries of clinical and pathologic findings that guide you through the decision-making process, with coverage of most common and uncommon differential diagnoses in surgical pathology.
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Numerous high-quality illustrations of similar-looking but distinct entities for easy side-by-side comparison.
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Illustrations for each entity accompanied by a clear, concise histopathologic descriptions that highlight how they are distinguished from one another.
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A consistent, user-friendly format and at-a-glance boxes and tables throughout the text, as well as selected references for further study.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Author Information
By Fadi W Abdul-Karim, MD, MEd, Professor of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine; Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pathology, Robert J Tomsich Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio and Charles Sturgis, MD, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
1 GIT
2 GYN
3 Neuropathology
4 Hepato-biliary and Pancreas
5 Genito-Urinary
6 Breast
7 Bone
8 Soft tissue
9 Head and Neck
10 Endocrine
11 Lung
12 Mediastinum
13 Dermatopathology
"The book covers diseases from different organ systems encountered in routine surgical pathology practice. There is a particular emphasis on key distinction of these entities from other common considerations in the differential diagnosis." - ©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Kyle Perry, MD (University of Michigan Medical School), Doody’s Score: 97 - 5 Stars!
