The Diagnostic Criteria Handbook is designed to help jobbing histopathologists jog their memory and get through more workload in any working day. Rapid access is facilitated by a bullet-point, tabular and diagrammatic style, as well as by handy anatomical diagrams, guidance on the ‘Cut-Up’ with emphasis on core ‘datasets’ and by a special index for frozen section advice, grading systems and scoring systems. The book provides, where useful, differential diagnosis lists and presents diagnostically helpful molecular and immunohistochemical findings. Information is kept up-to-date on a dedicated website.

The Diagnostic Criteria Handbook in Histopathology is not designed to be an “exam cram” and neither will it serve as a basic text for beginners. Trainees, however, will still benefit from the shear breadth of topics covered in this one small volume: from lab management and lab methods, to autopsy practice, cytology and all sub-specialties in surgical pathology. A chapter on exam technique and mnemonics makes the book also an essential companion for those revising for professional exams.

Paul J. Tadrous, Histopathology Unit, CRUK, London, UK

Preface          

Acknowledgements            

Abbreviations & Symbols

General Bibliography & Suggested Reading          

Index to Grading & Classification Systems  

Frozen Section Index                             

1. Advice for Exam Candidates

2. Histological Techniques

3. Laboratory Management

4. Cut-Up and Reporting Guidelines

5. Paediatric & Placental

6. Vascular

7. Heart

8. Respiratory & Mediastinum

9. Bone Marrow

10. Lymphoreticular

11. Alimentary Tract

12. Liver, Biliary Tract & Pancreas

13. Central Nervous System & Skeletal Muscle

14. Eye & Ear

15. Renal Medicine

16. Urological

17. Gynaecological

18. Breast

19. Endocrine

20. Skin

21. Soft Tissues

22. Osteoarticular

23. Infection & Immunity

24. Cytopathology

25. Autopsy

Index