Pathology of the Female Reproductive Tract - Rilegato

 
9780443055959: Pathology of the Female Reproductive Tract

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This book is designed for the general histopathologist in training and in practice. It includes all the conditions normally encountered in the female reproductive tract as well as short descriptions of rarer conditions. Etiology, epidemiology, differential diagnoses (and diagnostic pitfalls), specimen handling as well as prognosis and management are all covered in a concise style. The text is made accessible through the liberal use of summaries, algorithms, and tables. It is lavishly illustrated with top-quality four-color figures.

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Contenuti

1 Vulva 1
2 Vulva 2
3 The vagina
4 The cervix: benign and non-neoplastic conditions
5 Colposcopy
6 The etiology of cervical cancer
7 Cervical precancer (intraepithelial neoplasia)
8 Malignant tumors of the cervix
9 The normal endometrium
10 Hormones and Endometrium
11 Endometriosis, metaplasias, polyps and miscellaneous changes
12 Endometrial hyperplasia
13 Endometrial carcinoma
14 Endometrial tumors with a stromal component
15 Uterine smooth muscle tumors
16 The fallopian tube
17 Endometriosis
18 The ovaries: normal appearances and non-neoplastic conditions
19 Ovarian tumors: classification and clinical perspective
20 Epithelial/stromal ovarian tumors
21 The Ovary sex cord
22 Germ cell tumors of the ovary
23 Miscellaneous and metastatic tumors of the ovaries
24 Early placenta
25 Gestational neoplasms
26 The peritoneum
27 Embryology and disorders of sexual development
28 Cutup: The gross description, processing and reporting of specimens

Appendix A FIGO staging
Appendix B Histological classification
Appendix C Synoptic reports

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