Wheater's Pathology: A Text, Atlas and Review of Histopathology E-Book: Wheater's Pathology: A Text, Atlas and Review of Histopathology E-Book

by Geraldine O'Dowd BSc (Hons), MBChB (Hons), FRCPath, Sarah Bell BSc Med Sci(Hons), MBChB(Hons), DipFMS, FRCPath, Sylvia Wright BSc(Hons), MBChB(Hons), FRCPath, DipFMS, PG Cert Mol Path

Overview

This concise introduction to pathology covers basic pathological mechanisms and offers a detailed review of systems pathology, making it a complete, effective review for today’s readers. Hundreds of high-quality images—many new to this edition—illustrate common entities, and associated captions provide key pathological points. Reader-friendly text clarifies basic and complex information, helping you understand challenging concepts more easily. Wheater's Pathology is an excellent companion resource for users of Wheater's Functional Histology, 6th Edition, offering a comparison of normal histology with the pathological changes in disease

• Contains a new chapter, Introduction to Pathology and Techniques, that provides more background information on histology techniques, immunohistochemistry, molecular tests and digital pathology.
• Contains new, full-color illustrations that depict additional pathological entities and update classifications.
• Incorporates cutting-edge information on molecular pathology throughout.
• Includes quick-reference features such as keys to the lettering in images at the bottom of each page and fully revised clinical boxes with clinical-pathological correlations that explain the relevance of the pathological processes underlying common diseases and their complications.
• Summarizes key points with chapter reviews at the end of each section.
• Evolve Instructor site with a downloadable image bank is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at: https://evolve.elsevier.com

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702075551
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	02/26/2019
Series:	Wheater's Histology and Pathology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	174 MB
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About the Author

Geraldine O’Dowd is a Consultant Diagnostic Pathologist for Lanarkshire NHS Board and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, Glasgow. Geraldine lead the author team on the most recent edition of Wheater’s Pathology, as well as being both a previous author on the 5th edition of that title and an author on the 6th edition of Wheater’s Functional Histology
Sarah Bell is a Clinical Pathologist based at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Sarah was also an author on the 6th edition of Wheater’s Pathology
Sylvia Wright is a Consultant Pathologist, NHS Greater Glasgow &Clyde, Sylvia also worked on the 6th edition of Wheater’s Pathology.

Table of Contents

Preface

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgements

Dedication

BASIC PATHOLOGICAL PROCESSES

1. Introduction to pathology

2. Cellular responses to injury

3. Acute inflammation, healing and repair

4. Chronic inflammation

5. Infections of histological importance

6. Disorders of growth

7. Dysplasia and neoplasia

8. Atherosclerosis

9. Thrombosis and embolism

10. Infarction

BASIC SYSTEMS PATHOLOGY

11. Cardiovascular system

12. Respiratory system

13. Gastrointestinal system

14. Liver and pancreaticobiliary system

15. Urinary system

16. Lymphoid and haematopoietic systems

17. Female reproductive system

18. Breast

19. Male reproductive system

20. Endocrine system

21. Skin

22. Bone and soft tissues

23. Nervous system

Appendix 1 – Notes on commonly used staining methods

Appendix 2 – Glossary of pathological terms

Appendix 3 – Bonus E-Book Images

Index