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Biopsy interpretation of the breast / Stuart J. Schnitt, Laura C. Collins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schnitt, Stuart J.
- Series:
- Biopsy interpretation series.
- Biopsy interpretation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breast Neoplasms--diagnosis.
- Breast Neoplasms--pathology.
- Biopsy--methods.
- Diagnosis, Differential.
- Breast--Biopsy.
- Breast.
- Breast--Diseases--Cytodiagnosis.
- Breast--Cancer--Cytodiagnosis.
- Medical Subjects:
- Breast Neoplasms--diagnosis.
- Breast Neoplasms--pathology.
- Biopsy--methods.
- Diagnosis, Differential.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (696 pages).
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, c2018.
- Summary:
- Your practical aid to confident diagnosis! Biopsy Interpretation of the Breast, 3rd Edition helps you correctly identify the full range of pathologic alterations encountered in breast tissue. The intuitive organization approaches diagnosis the way you do, grouping lesions according to their histologic patterns and then pointing out the characteristics that distinguish one type of lesion from another. The authors emphasize the role of adjunctive studies in solving diagnostic problems wherever appropriate, explain the clinical significance of the various diagnoses and their impact on patient management, highlighting key clinical and management points throughout ? giving you the broad context you need to generate the most accurate pathology reports for every patient.
- Contents:
- Normal anatomy and histology
- Reactive, inflammatory, and nonproliferative lesions
- Intraductal proliferative lesions : usual ductal hyperplasia, atypical ductalhyperplasia, and ductal carcinoma in situ
- Columnar cell lesions and flat epithelial atypia
- Lobular carcinoma in situ and atypical lobular hyperplasia
- Fibroepithelial lesions
- Adenosis and sclerosing lesions
- Papillary lesions
- Microinvasive carcinoma
- Invasive breast cancer
- Spindle cell lesions
- Vascular lesions
- Other mesenchymal lesions
- Miscellaneous rare lesions
- Nipple disorders
- Male breast lesions
- Breast lesions in children and adolescents
- Axillary lymph nodes
- Treatment effects
- Specimen processing, evaluation, and reporting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781496365774
- 1496365771
- OCLC:
- 1061110986
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