GATTUSO'S DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS IN SURGICAL PATHOLOGY

DESCRIPTION

Widely usedby residents fellows and practicing pathologists around the world  Gattussos Differential Diagnosis in SurgicalPathology provides a user-friendly road map to the main criteria toconsider in order to differentiate between a variety of potentialdiagnoses that all have a very similar appearance. This comprehensive guide helps youmake informed decisions for evenyour most complex and challenging cases presenting a comprehensive differential diagnosis list and comparisons for every entity discussed.The 4th Edition brings you fully up to date with updated diagnostic techniques new classifications and new content throughoutperfect for quickreference at every microscope in the sign-out room. 

Provides briefdescriptions of both common and uncommon disorders, with an emphasis on differential diagnosis, along with excellent illustrative examples of the pathology and carefully selected references. 

Streamlines the differential diagnosis process byoffering a series of bulletpoint checklists that detail the respective features of the entities being considered. 

Discusses a complete range of tumors and tumor-like conditions in all organ systems. 

Contains updatedinformation on personalized/precision medicine especiallyas it pertains to the immunotherapies; for example, PDL-1 targeted therapies in many cancers. 

Includes newclassification of neuroendocrinetumors, new classification and updates of follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma, anda new section on the most common metastatictumors and utilizationof ancillary techniques for diagnosis and molecular studies. 

Uses a reader friendly, outline format for each diagnosis that details clinical information, epidemiology, gross and microscopic findings, ancillary stains and tests, differential diagnoses, and pearls of wisdom. 

Features 1,400 full-colormacro- and micrographs thatprovide a realistic basis for comparisonof what you see under the microscope. 

Enhanced eBook versionincluded with purchase, which allows you toaccess all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

By Vijaya B. Reddy, MD, MBA, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Pathology, Rush Medical College of Rush University, Chicago,Illinois ; Odile David, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pathology, Directorof Cytopathology, Universityof Illinois Hospital & Health SciencesCenter ; Daniel J. Spitz,MD, Chief Medical Examiner,Macomb and St Clair Counties, Michigan; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, Wayne State UniversitySchool of Medicine, Detroit, Michiganand Meryl H. Haber, MD, BorlandProfessor and Chairman of Pathology, Emeritus, Rush Medical College of Rush University, Chicago, Illinois