Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach

A Volume in the Pattern Recognition Series

2nd Edition - February 2, 2017
Author: Romil Saxena
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 2 8 7 3 - 6
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A volume in the popular Pattern Recognition Series, Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach features completely updated and reorganized content, resulting in a truly practical guide to understanding liver pathology. Dr. Romil Saxena presents interpretation of liver biopsies according to a pattern-based approach that begins with recognition of the predominant histological pattern of injury, followed by identification of secondary features and appropriate work-up that lead you away from pitfalls to the best diagnosis.

SECTION I: BASIC CONCEPTS IN LIVER PATHOLOGY

1 Microscopic Anatomy, Basic Terms, and Elemental Lesions

SECTION II: CLINICAL, LABORATORY, AND RADIOLOGIC FEATURES OF LIVER DISEASE

2 Clinical Features of Liver Disease

3 Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease

4 Investigative Imaging of the Liver

SECTION III: LIVER DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD

5 Liver Diseases of Childhood

SECTION IV: METABOLIC DISEASES OF THE LIVER

6 Medical Genetics and Biochemistry in Diagnosis and Management

7 Histologic Patterns of Metabolic Liver Diseases

8 Liver in Wilson Disease

9 Liver Disease in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

10 Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis

11 Liver Disease in Iron Overload

12 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

SECTION V: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE LIVER

13 Acute Viral Hepatitis

14 Hepatitis B

15 Hepatitis C

16 Chronic Hepatitis: Grading and Staging

17 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of the Liver

18 Nonviral Infections of the Liver

SECTION VI: GRANULOMATOUS DISEASES OF THE LIVER

19 Hepatic Granulomas: Differential Diagnosis

20 Hepatic Sarcoidosis

SECTION VII: AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS

21 Autoimmune Hepatitis and Overlap Syndromes

SECTION VIII: DRUG- AND TOXIN-INDUCED LIVER INJURY

22 Metabolism of Drugs and Xenobiotics

23 Liver Injury Due to Drugs and Herbal Agents

24 Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease

SECTION IX: DISORDERS OF THE BILE DUCTS, BILE FORMATION, AND SECRETION

25 Fibrocystic Liver Diseases

26 Primary Biliary Cholangitis

27 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

28 Loss of Intrahepatic Bile Ducts

29A Intrahepatic Cholestasis: Molecular Physiology of Bile Formation and Secretion

29B Intrahepatic Cholestasis: Diseases of Bile Formation and Secretion

SECTION X: VASCULAR DISORDERS OF THE LIVER

30 Vascular Disorders of the Liver

SECTION XI: TUMORS AND TUMOR-LIKE LESIONS OF THE LIVER

31 Premalignant and Early Malignant Hepatocellular Lesions in Chronic Hepatitis/Cirrhosis

32 Benign Hepatocellular Tumors

33 Hepatocellular Carcinoma

34 Benign and Malignant Tumors of Bile Ducts

35 Liver Tumors of Childhood

36 Miscellaneous Liver Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions

SECTION XII: LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

37 Clinical Aspects of Liver Transplantation

38 Pathology of Liver Transplantation

SECTION XIII: EVOLVING CONCEPTS IN LIVER PATHOLOGY

39 Biphenotypic Primary Liver Carcinoma

40 Regression of Liver Fibrosis: From Myth to Reality

41 Cirrhosis: A Term in Need of a Makeover