Overview
This textbook provides practical information on how to perform and interpret smears and use smears for diagnostic intraoperative neuropathology. The book covers most aspects of brain biopsies that require intraoperative or "frozen section" diagnosis, including tumors, non-neoplastic lesions, infectious diseases, and metastases to the brain. The author also discusses more general aspects of smears, including their preparation and general interpretation.
Emphasis is on the structural information about brain lesions supplied by the technique of smears, as well as the patterns of smears produced by different tumors. More than 200 full-color illustrations complement the text.
This textbook provides practical information on how to perform and interpret smears and use smears for diagnostic intraoperative neuropathology. The book covers most aspects of brain biopsies that require intraoperative or "frozen section" diagnosis, including tumors, non-neoplastic lesions, infectious diseases, and metastases to the brain. The author also discusses more general aspects of smears, including their preparation and general interpretation. Emphasis is on the structural information about brain lesions supplied by the technique of smears, as well as the patterns of smears produced by different tumors. More than 200 full-color illustrations complement the text.
Synopsis
This textbook provides practical information on how to perform and interpret smears and use smears for diagnostic intraoperative neuropathology. The book covers most aspects of brain biopsies that require intraoperative or "frozen section" diagnosis, including tumors, non-neoplastic lesions, infectious diseases, and metastases to the brain. The author also discusses more general aspects of smears, including their preparation and general interpretation.
Emphasis is on the structural information about brain lesions supplied by the technique of smears, as well as the patterns of smears produced by different tumors. More than 200 full-color illustrations complement the text.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Mirna Lechpammer, MD, PhD(Rhode Island Hospital)
Description:This book reviews the importance of smears in neuropathology, emphasizing utilization of the technique in making frozen section diagnoses and its unique ability to provide biologically relevant structural information about brain lesions.
Purpose:The intention of the author is to provide readers with practical guidance on how to successfully interpret neuropathology smears when faced with a real life situation where the patient is on the operating table, and the neurosurgeon's next steps depend on a pathologist's call. The author has thus addressed a so far unmet need for such a monograph, providing a valuable tool especially for residents trying to learn more about neuropathology.
Audience:Due to its comprehensive approach, this book will be useful to all pathologists who need to make intraoperative or frozen section diagnoses in neuropathology as well as to any physician interested in using smears as diagnostic tool.
Features:This monograph is based on the author's systematic study of the smears and represents his own experience in collecting these along with permanent slides for the purpose of presenting cases to the clinicians. It is not intended to cover the entire field of neuropathology nor is it a textbook. As it has arisen from the real-life experience of an attending neuropathologist, it does not deal with every rare or esoteric disease or tumor, but rather covers those entities likely to confront the pathologist in everyday practice. The true value of this book is in the superb illustrations that are a unique collection of smears and permanent sections that are often accompanied by the corresponding MRI scans and autopsy findings. The book is logical, understandable, and based on the latest achievements and knowledge in neuropathology and neurology.
Assessment:All pathologists dealing with intraoperative diagnosis of neuropathology cases should have this book, and it should find its place near the microscope in the frozen rooms in every teaching hospital.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Mirna Lechpammer, MD, PhD(Rhode Island Hospital)Description: This book reviews the importance of smears in neuropathology, emphasizing utilization of the technique in making frozen section diagnoses and its unique ability to provide biologically relevant structural information about brain lesions.
Purpose: The intention of the author is to provide readers with practical guidance on how to successfully interpret neuropathology smears when faced with a real life situation where the patient is on the operating table, and the neurosurgeon's next steps depend on a pathologist's call. The author has thus addressed a so far unmet need for such a monograph, providing a valuable tool especially for residents trying to learn more about neuropathology.
Audience: Due to its comprehensive approach, this book will be useful to all pathologists who need to make intraoperative or frozen section diagnoses in neuropathology as well as to any physician interested in using smears as diagnostic tool.
Features: This monograph is based on the author's systematic study of the smears and represents his own experience in collecting these along with permanent slides for the purpose of presenting cases to the clinicians. It is not intended to cover the entire field of neuropathology nor is it a textbook. As it has arisen from the real-life experience of an attending neuropathologist, it does not deal with every rare or esoteric disease or tumor, but rather covers those entities likely to confront the pathologist in everyday practice. The true value of this book is in the superb illustrations that are a unique collection of smears and permanent sections that are often accompanied by the corresponding MRI scans and autopsy findings. The book is logical, understandable, and based on the latest achievements and knowledge in neuropathology and neurology.
Assessment: All pathologists dealing with intraoperative diagnosis of neuropathology cases should have this book, and it should find its place near the microscope in the frozen rooms in every teaching hospital.