Spencer's Pathology of the Lung

Philip Hasleton, Douglas B. Flieder

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 6
• eBook ISBN:
  9781139602808
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Pathology

Fully rewritten and updated for the cutting-edge sixth edition, Spencer's Pathology of the Lung follows in its predecessors' footsteps as the gold-standard textbook of pulmonary diseases. All recognized diseases of the lungs are discussed and illustrated with extensive, high-quality color images. Each chapter includes practical, clear and concise diagnostic features, including immunohistochemistry, molecular tests and differential diagnoses, while rare entities are discussed and illustrated in detail. This thoroughly reworked edition includes new classification schemes and the latest understanding of the pathophysiology and molecular aspects of a wide range of diseases. Non-neoplastic diseases are presented according to epidemiology, genetics, clinical manifestations, radiographic findings, pathology, cytology, laboratory findings, pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, prognosis and natural history. Neoplasms are discussed according to cell or origin with sections devoted to genetics, molecular findings and clinicopathologic correlations. Downloadable versions of all images are available on a CD-ROM packaged with the print book. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, this is an essential resource for practising and trainee pathologists.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Contributors
• Foreword to the First Edition
• Preface to the Sixth Edition
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: The normal lung: histology, embryology, development, aging and function
• Chapter 2: Lung specimen handling and practical considerations
• Chapter 3 Congenital abnormalities and pediatric lung diseases, including neoplasms
• Chapter 4 Pulmonary bacterial infections
• Chapter 5 Pulmonary viral infections
• Chapter 6 Pulmonary mycobacterial infections
• Chapter 7: Pulmonary mycotic infections
• Chapter 8: Pulmonary parasitic infections
• Chapter 9 Acute lung injury
• Chapter 10 Interstitial lung diseases
• Chapter 11 Metabolic and inherited connective tissue disorders involving the lung
• Chapter 12 Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Chapter 13 Sarcoidosis
• Chapter 14 Occupational lung disease
• Chapter 15 Eosinophilic lung disease
• Chapter 16 Drug- and therapy-induced lung injury
• Chapter 17 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diseases of the airways
• Chapter 18 Pulmonary vascular pathology
• Chapter 19 Pulmonary vasculitis and pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes
• Chapter 20 The pathology of lung transplantation
• Chapter 21 The lungs in connective tissue disease
• Chapter 22 Benign epithelial neoplasms and tumor-like proliferations of the lung
• Chapter 23 Pulmonary pre-invasive disease
• Chapter 24 Epidemiological and clinical aspects of lung cancer
• Chapter 25 Lung cancer staging
• Chapter 26Immunohistochemistry in the diagnosis of pulmonary tumors
• Chapter 27 Adenocarcinoma of the lung
• Chapter 28 Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
• Chapter 29 Large cell carcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the lung
• Chapter 30 Salivary gland neoplasms of the lung
• Chapter 31 Neuroendocrine tumors and other neuroendocrine proliferations of the lung
• Chapter 32 Sarcomatoid carcinomas and variants
• Chapter 33 Mesenchymal and miscellaneous neoplasms
• Chapter 34 Pulmonary lymphoproliferative diseases
• Chapter 35: Metastases involving the lungs
• Chapter 36 Diseases of the pleura
• Index