Liver Biopsy Interpretation

by Scheuer, Peter J.; Lefkowitch, Jay H.

• ISBN13: 9780702025020
• ISBN10: 070202502X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

For thirty years this text has been the standard benchside guide to liver biopsy diagnosis. This is the book which pathologists and clinicalhepatologists turn to when confronted with a diagnostic problem in evaluating and interpreting liver biopsy specimens. Written by two internationally recognised authorities, the book covers the full range of liver disorders. Copious technical tips and diagnostic pearlsreflect the extensive experience and wisdom of the two authors. Throughout the text histopathologic features are correlated with clinical features to provide a practical account of how pathology impacts the diagnosis and management of liver disease.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Foreword by Professor Dame Sheila Sherlock	xi
General Considerations	1	(11)
Laboratory Techniques	12	(7)
Diagnostic Cytopathology	19	(17)
The Normal Liver	36	(15)
Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Pathological Features	51	(15)
Biliary Disease	66	(26)
Acute Viral Hepatitis	92	(19)
Fatty Liver and Lesions in the Alcoholic	111	(23)
Drugs and Toxins	134	(17)
Chronic Hepatitis	151	(22)
Cirrhosis	173	(18)
Neoplasms and Nodules	191	(37)
Vascular Disorders	228	(15)
Childhood Liver Disease and Metabolic Disorders	243	(27)
Disturbances of Copper and Iron Metabolism	270	(14)
The Liver in Systemic Disease and Pregnancy	284	(39)
The Liver in Organ Transplantation	323	(21)
Electron Microscopy and Other Techniques	344	(21)
Glossary	365	(4)
Index	369