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• Instructions for online access
• Cover image
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• International Advisors
• Contributors
• Index of Patient Symptoms
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• Part 1 Basic Pathology
• 1 What is pathology?
• History of Pathology
• Scope of Pathology
• Techniques of Pathology
• Learning Pathology
• Making Diagnoses
• Pathology, Patients and Populations
• Further Reading
• 2 What is disease?
• What Is Disease?
• Characteristics of Disease
• Nomenclature of Disease
• Principles of Disease Classification
• Epidemiology
• Further Reading
• 3 What causes disease?
• Causes of Disease
• Genetic Abnormalities in Disease
• Diseases Due to Genetic Defects
• Environmental Factors
• Infective Agents
• Further Reading
• Part 2 Disease Mechanisms
• 4 Disorders of growth, differentiation and morphogenesis
• Definitions
• Normal Growth, Differentiation and Morphogenesis
• Abnormalities of Growth, Differentiation and Morphogenesis
• Further Reading
• 5 Responses to cellular injury
• Cellular Injury
• Repair and Regeneration
• Injury Due to Ionising Radiation
• Further Reading
• 6 Disorders of metabolism and homeostasis
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism
• Acquired Metabolic Disorders
• Metabolic Consequences of Malnutrition
• Obesity
• Trace Elements and Disease
• Tissue Depositions
• Further Reading
• 7 Ischaemia, infarction and shock
• Nonthromboembolic Vascular Insufficiency
• Thromboembolic Vascular Occlusion
• Infarction
• Shock
• Further Reading
• 8 Immunology and immunopathology
• Defence Against Infection
• Key Molecules
• Structural Organisation of the Immune System
• Functional Organisation of the Immune Response
• Nonspecific Effector Mechanisms
• Outcomes of Immune Responses
• Immunodeficiency
• Hypersensitivity Reactions
• Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disease
• Principles of Organ Transplantation
• Further Reading
• 9 Inflammation
• Acute Inflammation
• Chronic Inflammation
• Further Reading
• 10 Neoplasia and carcinogenesis
• General Characteristics of Neoplasms (Tumours)
• Classification of Tumours
• Nomenclature of Tumours
• Biology of Tumour Cells
• Behaviour of Tumours
• Early Detection of Cancer by Screening
• Carcinogenesis
• Cellular and Molecular Events in Carcinogenesis
• Hallmarks
• Further Reading
• Websites
• 11 Ageing and death
• Ageing
• Death
• Further Reading
• 12 How do pathologists help patient care?
• Types of Laboratory Tests
• Specialised Tests
• Autopsies
• Further Reading
• Part 3 Systematic Pathology
• 13 Cardiovascular system
• Diseases of the Heart, Arteries and Other Vessels
• Cardiac Disease
• Further Reading
• 14 Respiratory tract
• Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
• Nasal Passages, Middle Ear and Sinuses
• Larynx
• Lungs
• Further Reading
• 15 Alimentary system
• Mouth, Teeth, Pharynx and Salivary Glands
• Oesophagus
• Stomach
• Intestine
• Appendix
• Anus and Anal Canal
• Further Reading
• 16 Liver, biliary system and pancreas
• Common Clinical Problems From Liver and Biliary System Disease
• Liver
• Biliary System
• Paediatric Liver Disease
• Pancreas
• Further Reading
• Websites
• 17 Endocrine system
• Pituitary
• Pineal Gland
• Adrenals
• Thyroid
• Parathyroids
• Endocrine Pancreas
• Further Reading
• 18 Breast
• Common Clinical Problems From Breast Disease
• Normal Structure and Function
• Clinical Features of Breast Lesions
• Diagnostic Methods
• Inflammatory Conditions
• Proliferative Conditions of the Breast
• Benign Tumours
• Breast Carcinoma
• Other Tumours
• Further Reading
• Websites
• 19 Female genital tract
• Common Clinical Problems From Female Genital Tract Disease
• Normal Development
• Vulva
• Nonneoplastic Epithelial Disorders
• Neoplastic Epithelial Disorders
• Vagina and Cervix
• Cervical Squamous Neoplasia
• Glandular Neoplasia of the Cervix
• Other Malignant Tumours
• Uterine Corpus
• Congenital Abnormalities
• The Normal Endometrium and Menstrual Cycle
• Abnormalities of the Endometrium
• Abnormalities of the Myometrium
• Ovary
• Ovarian Cysts
• Ovarian Stromal Hyperplasia and Stromal Luteinisation
• Endometriosis
• Ovarian Neoplasms
• Fallopian Tubes
• Pathology of Pregnancy
• Hydatidiform Mole
• Pathology of the Full-Term Placenta
• Pathology of the Umbilical Cord and Membranes
• Pathology of the Placental Bed
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Maternal Death
• Further Reading
• 20 Urinary and male genital tracts
• Urinary Calculi
• Renal Tumours
• Ureters
• Bladder
• Tumours of the Bladder
• Prostate Gland
• Penis and Scrotum
• Urethra
• Testis
• Epididymis and Cord
• Further Reading
• 21 Kidney diseases
• Common Clinical Problems From Kidney Disease
• Introduction
• Functions of the Kidney
• Glomerular Diseases
• Tubular Disorders
• Vascular Diseases
• Urinary Tract Obstruction and Infections
• Cystic Renal Diseases
• Congenital Anomalies
• Renal Transplantation
• Further Reading
• 22 Lymph nodes and extranodal lymphoid tissue, spleen and thymus
• Lymph Nodes
• Spleen
• Thymus
• Further Reading
• 23 Blood and bone marrow
• Composition, Production and Functions of Blood
• Neoplastic Disorders of the Bone Marrow
• Disorders of Blood Coagulation and Haemostasis
• Further Reading
• 24 Skin
• Common Clinical Problems From Skin Disease
• Normal Structure and Function
• Clinical Aspects of Skin Diseases
• Inflammatory Cell Types and Skin Disease
• Infections
• Common Noninfectious Inflammatory Diseases (Inflammatory Dermatoses)
• Epidermal Cells
• Melanocytes
• Dermal Vessels
• Adnexa
• Dermal Connective Tissues
• Deposits
• Cutaneous Nerves
• Behaviour and the Skin
• Toxins and the Skin
• Skin Manifestations of Internal and Systemic Disease
• Further Reading
• 25 Osteoarticular and connective tissues
• Bone
• Joints
• Connective Tissues
• Further Reading
• 26 Central and peripheral nervous systems
• Central Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System
• The Eye
• The Ear
• Further Reading
• Websites
• Glossary
• Index