Pathology of Solid Tumors in Children

by Stocker, J. Thomas; Askin, Frederick B.

• ISBN13: 9780412401701
• ISBN10: 0412401703
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

This well-illustrated volume deals with the diagnosis of childhood tumors, chiefly from a pathologist's viewpoint, although it does also consider clinical features, treatment and long-term outcome. While tumors in infants and children have always been recognized as different from those ofadults, it has only been in the last two decades that concerted investigation into the distinctive features of these tumors has been undertaken. Written by established authorities, the book covers all recent advances. Details of the classic histologic features of the common and not so commonpediatric tumors are given, as are the immunohistochemical features that are important in the differential diagnosis of tumors with similar histologic patterns.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Preface
Renal tumors	p. 1
Neuroblastoma and peripheral neuroectodermal tumors: a clinicopathological review	p. 25
Gastrointestinal tract tumors	p. 51
Pancreatic masses	p. 67
Tumors and pseudotumors of the liver	p. 83
Neoplasms of the thyroid and adrenal cortex	p. 111
Neoplasms of the lymphoid system	p. 129
Primary tumors of muscle	p. 161
Primary tumors of bone	p. 183
Germ cell tumors	p. 213
The central nervous system: neuroectodermal tumors	p. 235
Index	p. 283
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