BONE MARROW DIAGNOSIS

Description

Bone Marrow Diagnosis is an essential resource for all those who needto report bone marrow trephine biopsies. The text will be succinct and concentrates on the coreinformation necessary to makean accurate diagnosis. Each diagnostic entity will be accompaniedby high quality images which show typical and more unusual examples of histological features.

Each section will be comprehensivelyrevised by an international team of authors. Over 900 high quality colour images will accompany each diagnostic entity. There will be coverageof cytology in sections relatingto myeloid dysplasias andacute leukaemias, as wellas incorporating new WHO classification of lymphomas and leukaemias.

The digitally photographed and remastered images in this new edition will beof the highest quality, putonto disk directly from the microscope in digital format and reproduced in print form. The text will give comparisonsof the common methods of sample collection, fixation and staining,and a clear description ofhow to examine a trephine section. It will cover the disorders of bone marrow, discussing the clinical features, histopathology of bone marrow and diagnostic problems ofeach condition. Chaptersclose with a summary of key points. The consistent approachto describing eachcondition makes this a valuable reference tool for the trainee and practicing histopathologists, pathologists and haematologists.

Tableof Contents

1 Introduction.
2 The Normal Bone Marrow.
3 Human ImmunodeficiencyVirus Infection.
4 Anemias and Aplasias.
5 The Myelodysplastic Syndromes.
6 Myeloproliferative Disease.
7 Acute Leukemia.

• 8.1 Lymphomas.

• 8.2 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukamia and Lymphoblastic Leukamia.

• 8.3 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.

• 8.4 Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma (including Waldenström. macroglobulinemia).

• 8.5 Mantle Cell Lymphoma.

• 8.6 Follicular Lymphoma.

• 8.7 Marginal Zone Lymphoma (including MALT type).

• 8.8 Hairy Cell Leukemia.

• 8.9 Multiple Myeloma.

• 8.10 Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.

• 8.11 Burkitt Lymphoma.

• 8.12 Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia.

• 8.13 Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma.

• 8.14 Peripheral T Cell Lymphomas, Uunspecified.

• 8.15 Hepatosplenic T Cell Lymphoma.

• 8.16 Angioimmunoblastic T Cell Lymphoma.

• 8.17 Adult T Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia.

• 8.18 Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma.

9 Hodgkin Lymphoma.
10 Metastatic Disease.
11 Miscellaneous.
12 Technical Considerations.

Index

Authors

David Brown, Department of Histopathology,Whittington Hospital,London, UK
Kevin Gatter, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital,Oxford, UK
YasodhaNatkunam, Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA
Roger Warnke, Departmentof Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA