Pathology of Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Russo, Pierre (Editor), Ruchelli, Eduardo D. (Editor), Piccoli, David A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Pediatric gastrointestinal and liver biopsies account for a significant portion of the specimens examined by a pathology laboratory. The increasingly widespread use of endoscopic procedures in children, the improved sophistication of medical imaging techniques, and the exciting expansion of knowledg...

Table of Contents:

• GI Tract: Developmental anatomy and anomalies of the GI tract.- Esophageal disorders in childhood
• Gastritis and gastropathies
• Malabsorption and protracted diarrhea
• Chronic inflammatory bowel disorders
•  Motor disorders
•  Polyps and tumors of the GI tract
• Liver, Biliary Tree & Pancreas: Developmental anatomy and congenital anomalies of the liver, gallbladder, and extrahepatic biliary tree
• Diseases of the extrahepatic biliary tree and gallbladder
• Intrahepatic cholestatic disorders in infancy and childhood
• Hepatic disorders in childhood
• Metabolic disorders
• Hepatic Tumors
• Disorders of the pancreas.