Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology (2^nd Ed.) A volume in the series Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series

Key features of this practical text include:

• A consistent, user-friendly format that explores each entity's clinical features, pathologic features (gross and microscopic), ancillary studies, differential diagnoses, and prognostic and therapeutic considerations.
• A focus on specific features of selected neoplastic and non-neoplastic entities, including broad and in-depth differential diagnoses.
• Review of normal histology before examining abnormal findings, enabling you to conveniently compare their characteristics in one place at one time.
• Clinical information on treatment and prognosis, enabling you to better understand the clinical implications of the diagnosis.
• Nearly 1,000 full-color, high-quality illustrations with extensive figure legends, as well as abundant boxes and tables throughout.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

What's NEW in this edition:

• Advances in molecular diagnostic testing and its capabilities and limitations, including targeted/personalized medicine.
• New diagnostic biomarkers and their utility in differential diagnosis, newly described variants, and new histologic entities.
• The latest TNM staging and WHO classification systems.
• New co-editor Dr. Gunnlaugur Pétur Nielsen of Harvard Medical School joins Dr. Andrew L. Folpe and expert, internationally recognized pathologists who keep you up to date with the latest information in the field.

1 Approach to Bone and Soft-Tissue Tumors 2 Adjuvant Techniques -Immunohistochemistry, Cytogenetics, and Molecular Genetics 3 Fibroblastic and Myofibroblastic Tumors 4 Fibrohistiocytic Tumors 5 Adipocytic Tumors 6 Smooth Muscle Tumors 7 Skeletal Muscle Tumors 8 Tumors of Perivascular Cells 9 Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor 10 Vascular Tumors of Soft Tissue and Bone 11 Nerve Sheath Tumors 12 Matrix-forming Tumors of Soft Tissue 13 Tumors of Synovial and Tenosynovial Tissue 14 Undifferentiated small round cell sarcomas of bone and soft tissue 14 Undifferentiated small round cell sarcomas of bone and soft tissue 15 Mesenchymal Tumors of Miscellaneous Type or Uncertain Lineage 16 Bone-Forming Tumors 17 Cartilage-Forming Tumors 18 Fibroblastic and Fibrohistiocytic Tumors 19 Hematolymphoid Neoplasms of Bone 19 Vascular 20 Giant cell tumor of Bone 21 Notochordal Cell Tumors 22 Osteofibrous dysplasia /Adamantinoma 23 Cystic Tumors of Bone 24 Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone 25 Metastases