A Pattern Approach to Lymph Node Diagnosis

• Main Author: Leong, Anthony S-Y (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Hematology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

While a pattern approach to diagnosis is taught and practiced with almost every other tissue or organ in the body, the lymph node remains a mystery to most residents starting out in pathology and those pathologists with limited experience in the area. A Pattern Approach to Lymph Node Diagnosis demon...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Handling of the Lymph Node Biopsy
• Immunohistology and Other Special Techniques
• Anatomical and Functional Compartments
• Nodular Lymphoid Infiltrates
• Diffuse Lymphoid Infiltrates
• Defining Microscopic Features
• Nodal Involvement by Extranodal Lymphomas and Leukemias
• Needle Core Biopsies and Aspirates: Special Considerations.