Diagnostic Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck: Expert Consult - Online and Print (Expert Consult Title: Online + Print), Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Douglas R. Gnepp MD

• Publisher: Saunders
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1210
• Edition: Second Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This resource is the authoritative guide to problematic areas of the head and neck for the surgical pathologist. With particular emphasis placed on diagnostic problems and differential diagnosis in addition to coverage of more common diagnostically straightforward lesions, you'll get the most complete diagnostic picture possible. The updated second edition features new coverage and a more user-friendly layout. Expert Consult functionality allows you to access the entire contents of the book online, from any internet connection.Features the most comprehensive collection of head and neck pathology specimens in one reference for comparison with your findings.Covers rare as well as common diagnoses to help you identify even the most obscure disease entities.Provides clinicopathologic correlations throughout to give you all the information you need to formulate a complete diagnostic report.Emphasizes differential diagnosis and avoiding diagnostic pitfalls so you can overcome difficult diagnostic challenges.Covers FNA cytology, molecular genetic techniques, and immunohistochemistry to present the most compete diagnostic picture possible.Presents a brand-new chapter on specimen handling to ensure effective processing and reporting of head and neck specimens.Features more than 1700 full-color illustrations that capture the pathologic and cytopathologic appearances of the full range of common and rare neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions.Allows you to access the entire contents of the book online, from any internet connection, via Expert Consult functionality.Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contributors......Page 4
Preface......Page 7
Abbreviations Used in Text......Page 8
1. Squamous Intraepithelial Neoplasia of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract......Page 11
2. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Aerodigestive System......Page 55
3. Nonsquamous Lesions of the Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses, and Nasopharynx......Page 121
4. Lesions of the Oral Cavity......Page 200
5. Nonsquamous Pathologic Diseases of the Hypopharynx, Larynx, and Trachea......Page 318
6. Salivary and Lacrimal Glands......Page 421
7. Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands......Page 571
8. Soft-Tissue Tumors of the Head and Neck......Page 655
9. Bone Lesions......Page 736
10. Odontogenic Cysts and Tumors......Page 792
11. Cysts of the Neck, Unknown Primary Tumor, and Neck Dissection......Page 846
12. Ear: External, Middle, and Temporal Bone......Page 889
13. Hematopoietic Lesions......Page 939
14. Cutaneous Tumors and Pseudotumors of the Head and Neck......Page 982
15. Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy......Page 1076
Appendix I: Head and Neck Tumors:TNM Staging*......Page 1138
Appendix II: Guidelines for the Dissection of Head and Neck Specimens......Page 1151
Index......Page 1162