Practical Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Neuropathology

Description

In this novel, highly practical neuropathology text, Richard Prayson, MD and Mark Cohen, MD critically summarize what pathologists most need to know about the principal neuropathologies in order to diagnose neural tissue confidently in their day-to-day work. The result is a concise, well-organized guide to the differential diagnosis of the most common neuropathologic entities encountered by general surgical pathologists. The authors go to great lengths to help readers with important diagnoses on very small amounts on tissue, or decide difficult situations where everything looks the same, or cope with intraoperative consultations when time is short and sample preparations less than ideal. Replete with a wealth of micrographs covering the many neuropathologies discussed, they successfully interpret differences in morphology as a guide to correct diagnosis. Richly detailed, Practical Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Neuropathology offers both general and specialist neuropathologists a user-friendly, decision-oriented guide to the major diagnostic problems in surgical neuropathology, one that will greatly facilitate successful day-to-day neuropathologic diagnosis, and thus the optimal care of patients. Front Matter....Pages i-x Intraoperative Consultation....Pages 1-3 Gliosis....Pages 5-7 Fibrillary Astrocytoma....Pages 9-15 Low-Grade Astrocytoma Variants....Pages 17-20 High-Grade Astrocytoma Variants....Pages 21-26 Radiation Change....Pages 27-31 Pilocytic Astrocytoma....Pages 33-37 Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma....Pages 39-42 Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma....Pages 43-45 Oligodendroglioma....Pages 47-51 Mixed Gliomas....Pages 53-55 Ependymoma....Pages 57-62 Subependymoma....Pages 63-65 Myxopapillary Ependymoma....Pages 67-70 Central Neurocytoma....Pages 71-74 Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor....Pages 75-78 Ganglioglioma and Ganglion Cell Tumors....Pages 79-84 Choroid Plexus Tumors....Pages 85-87 Meningioma....Pages 89-97 Meningeal Sarcoma....Pages 99-102 Hemangioblastoma....Pages 103-105 Central Nervous System Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors....Pages 107-112 Pineal Region Tumors....Pages 113-117 Pituitary Gland Lesions....Pages 119-123 Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma....Pages 125-128 Schwannoma....Pages 129-131 Benign Epithelial Lesions—Craniopharyngiomas and Cysts....Pages 133-135 Melanocytic Lesions....Pages 137-139 Paraganglioma....Pages 141-143 Chordoma....Pages 145-147 Tumor-Like Demyelinating Lesion....Pages 149-152 Vascular Malformations....Pages 153-156 Central Nervous System Vasculitis....Pages 157-159 Granulomatous Inflammation....Pages 161-164 Meningitis, Abscess, and Encephalitis....Pages 165-171 Back Matter....Pages 173-179