Essentials in Bone and Soft-Tissue Pathology

by Khurana, Jasvir S.; McCarthy, Edward F., M.D.; Zhang, Paul J.; Reinus, William R., M.D. (CON); Safadi, Fayez (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780387898445
• ISBN10: 0387898441
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-30
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Essentials in Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology will be a concise and visual reference on the main diagnostic points of common non-neoplastic bone conditions as well as key diagnostic features of bone and soft tissue tumors. Important differential diagnoses will be discussed.

Author Biography

Jasvir S. Khurana, MD has trained in orthopedic surgery as well as pathology. He trained in Boston at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts New England Medical Center and did a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. He was on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an associate professor in pathology and a surgical pathologist at Temple University in Philadelphia, with a special interest in bone. His research interests include bone tumors and bone biology. He has authored several papers and text books in the field of orthopedic pathology. Edward F. McCarthy, MD has trained in orthopedic surgery as well as pathology. He trained in Iowa and Maryland where he also did his fellowship in orthopedic pathology. He has been on faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital for several years where he is currently a professor of pathology. He has received several awards for clinical work and teaching. His clinical and research interests include bone and joint diseases including the use of undecalcified sections for the study of metabolic disease. He has authored several papers and text books in the field of orthopedic pathology. Paul J. Zhang, MD trained at the New York University and did a fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center. He has worked at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and is currently an associate professor of pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the director of Bone and Soft-tissue service. His main research interest is in soft-tissue sarcoma where he has authored numerous papers.

Table of Contents

Bone Structure, Development and Bone Biology	p. 1
Common Problems in Orthopedic Pathology Including Trauma, Reactive Conditions and Necrosis of Bone	p. 17
Arthropathies	p. 31
Infections of Bones	p. 55
Metabolic Bone Disorders	p. 61
Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bone	p. 69
Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Soft-Tissues	p. 159
Index	p. 217
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