Anatomic Pathology for Veterinary Clinicians [Team-IRA]

✍ Scribed by Melanie Dobromylskyj

• Publisher: 5m Publishing
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 209
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A concise guide for practising vets on anatomic pathology, this book aids the reader’ s understanding of pathology, thus allowing optimisation of diagnostic tests. Anatomic Pathology for Veterinary Clinicians will teach practitioners how to: - take quality biopsy samples to get better results - understand histopathology reports - know when additional tests are warranted and are likely to give clinically useful information.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Abbreviations
1 Submission of samples
Introduction
The submission form and the clinical history
Sample packaging
The importance of fixation
Submission of challenging samples
Tissue handling and artefacts
What happens to a sample when it reaches the lab?
Self-assessment: multiple choice questions
Self-assessment: case study
2 Post-mortem examinations and gross pathology
Introduction
Performing a small animal post-mortem examination
Describing gross lesions
Self-assessment: gross lesion descriptions
Self-assessment: quick quiz questions
3 Biopsy types with regards to tumour grading and margin assessment
Introduction
Different types of biopsies, and their pros and cons
Challenges with tumours and incisional biopsy types
Margin assessment
Self-assessment: multiple choice questions
Self-assessment: case study
4 Gastrointestinal and liver biopsies
Introduction
Gastrointestinal biopsies
Liver biopsies
Self-assessment: multiple choice questions
5 Special stains, immunohistochemistry and additional testing
Introduction
Special stains
Immunohistochemistry
PARR and other PCR-based tests
ISH/FISH
Self-assessment: ‘What’s your diagnosis?’
6 Oncology: recognizing features of neoplasia and of malignancy
Introduction
Nomenclature
Pre-neoplastic changes
Benign versus malignant tumours
Hallmarks of differentiation
Inflammatory and neoplastic pathology
Self-assessment: quick fire quiz
7 Oncology: histological descriptions, grading of neoplasms and additional prognostication
Introduction
Histological descriptions of neoplasms
Histological grading systems
Additional prognostication
Self-assessment: ‘What histological grade would you give?’
Self-assessment answers
References
Further reading
Index