PRACTICAL HEPATIC PATHOLOGY: A DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH, 2ND EDITION. A VOLUME IN THE PATTERN RECOGNITION SERIES

• Section I: Basic Concepts in Liver Pathology
1. Microscopic Anatomy, Basic Terms, and Elemental Lesions
• Section II: Clinical, Laboratory and Radiologic Features of Liver Disease
2. Clinical Features of Liver Disease
3. Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease
4. Investigative Imaging of the Liver
• Section III: Liver Diseases of Childhood
5. Liver Diseases of Childhood
• Section IV: Metabolic Diseases
6. Medical Genetics and Biochemistry in Diagnosis and Management
7. Histologic Patterns of Metabolic Disease
8. Wilson Disease
9. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
10. Cystic Fibrosis
11. Hemochromatosis
12. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Section V: Infectious Diseases
13. Acute Viral Hepatitis
14. Hepatitis B
15. Hepatitis C
16. Chronic Hepatitis: Grading and Staging
17. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
18. Nonviral Infections of the Liver
• Section VI: Granulomatous Diseases
19. Hepatic Granulomas: Differential Diagnosis
20. Hepatic Sarcoidosis
• Section VII: Immunity and the Liver
21. Autoimmune Hepatitis and Overlap Syndromes
• Section VIII: Drug and Toxin Induced Liver Injury
22. Metabolism of Drugs and Xenobiotics
23. Liver Injury Due to Drugs and Herbal Agents
24. Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease
• Section IX: Disorders of the Bile Ducts, Bile formation and Secretion
25. Developmental Disorders (Fibrocystic Liver Diseases)
26. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
27. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
28. Loss of Intrahepatic Bile Ducts
29. Intrahepatic Cholestasis
29 A. Molecular Mechanisms of Bile Formation and Secretion
29 B. Pathology of Intrahepatic Cholestasis
• Section X: Vascular Disorders
30. Vascular Disorders of the Liver
• Section XI: Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions
31. Premalignant Hepatocellular Lesions
32. Benign Hepatocellular Tumors
33. Hepatocellular Carcinoma
34. Benign and Malignant Tumors of Bile Ducts
35. Liver Tumors of Childhood
36. Miscellaneous Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions
• Section XII: Liver Transplantation
37. Clinical Aspects of Liver Transplantation
38. Pathology of Liver Transplantation
• Section XIII: Evolving Concepts in Liver Pathology
39. Biphenotypic Primary Liver Carcinoma
40. Cirrhosis: A Homogenous End-Stage Entity?
41. Quantification of Fibrosis: Challenges and Promises
42. Reversing Fibrosis: From Myth to Fact

A volume in the popular Pattern Recognition Series, Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach features completely updated and reorganized content, resulting in a truly practical guide to understanding liver pathology. Dr. Romil Saxena presents interpretation of liver biopsies according to a pattern-based approach that begins with recognition of the predominant histological pattern of injury, followed by identification of secondary features and appropriate work-up that lead you away from pitfalls to the best diagnosis.

Features:
• Superb, high-quality, full-color images illustrate pathognomonic features and common variations.
• Features comprehensive information on major adult and childhood liver diseases, hepatic neoplasms and pre-neoplastic nodules, including clinical features, laboratory tests, imaging findings and differential diagnosis.
• Coverage of the clinical aspects of liver transplantation allows you to understand the pathology and practice of this procedure.

New To This Edition:
• Virtual Microscope provides your own personal set of over 250 liver slides accessible anywhere, any time on your favorite digital device. Navigate around and zoom in and out to savor these exceptionally high quality whole slide images covering everything from the normal liver to rare challenging cases.
• New section on Evolving Concepts keeps you abreast of new paradigms in liver diseases such as reversal of fibrosis, heterogeneity of cirrhosis and biphenotypic primary liver cell carcinoma (hepatocholangiocarcinoma).
• Unique "visual index" at the beginning of the book references the exact chapter and specific page needed for in-depth diagnostic guidance.
• Call-outs within chapters indicate exactly which pattern is being discussed for quick and easy access to key information.
• Reorganized Table of Contents is even more intuitive.
• Expert Consult eBook version is included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, and references from the book across digital platforms.

Author
Romil Saxena, MD, FRCPath, Indiana University School of Medicine; Indianapolis, IN