Diagnostic Gynecologic and Obstetric Pathology

Comprehensive and practice-oriented, the fully updated 3rd Edition of this easy-to-use text covers the full range of obstetric and gynecologic pathology, including information on treatment and patient management. Written largely by the pathology and clinical faculty at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital, it covers the most up-to-date information available in the field, including molecular genetics and diagnostics. Drs. Christopher P. Crum and Marisa R. Nucci are joined by new editors Scott R. Granter, Brooke E. Howitt, Mana M. Parast, and Theonia K. Boyd, to provide complete, beautifully illustrated coverage of both neoplastic and non-neoplastic disorders of the female genital system, ideal for improving pathological diagnosis.

New to this edition

    Emphasizes new practice issues and their biologic basis including approaches to vulvar, cervical and endometrial precursors as well as the underpinnings of cervical, endometrial and ovarian cancer.

    A comprehensive look at mesenchymal neoplasia, including not only lower genital tract and uterus but also the retroperitoneum.

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Table of Contents:

1. Female Genital Tract Development and Disorders of Childhood

2. Noninfectious Inflammatory Disorders of the Vulva

3. Localized Vulvodynia

4. Infectious Disorders of the Lower Genital Tract

5. Benign Cysts, Rests, and Adnexal Tumors of the Vulva

6. Squamous Neoplasia of the Vulva

7. Glandular and Other Malignancies of the Vulva

8. Melanocytic Lesions of the Vulva

9. Soft Tissue Lesions of the Vulva and Vagina

10. Diseases of the Anus

11. Benign Conditions of the Vagina

12. Epithelial and Mixed Epithelial-Stromal Neoplasms of the Vagina

13. Cervical Squamous Neoplasia

14. Columnar Cell Neoplasia of the Cervix

15. Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Mixed Epithelial/Mesenchymal and Mesenchymal Tumors, and Miscellaneous Lesions of the Cervix

16. Evaluation of the Cyclic Endometrium and Benign Endometrial Disorders

17. Preinvasive Endometrial Neoplasia

18. Altered Endometrial Differentiation (Metaplasia)

19. Adenocarcinoma, Carcinosarcoma, and Other Epithelial Tumors of the Endometrium

20. Uterine Mesenchymal Tumors

21. The Fallopian Tube and Broad Ligament

22. Benign Conditions of the Ovary

23. Disorders of the Peritoneum

24. Assessing Pelvic Epithelial Cancer Risk and Intercepting Early Malignancy

25. Pelvic/Ovarian Epithelial-derived Tumors

26. Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary

27. Stromal, Sex Cord-Stromal, and Miscellaneous Tumors of the Ovary

28. Metastatic Tumors Involving the Ovary

29. Placental Development and Complications of Previable Pregnancy

30. Trophoblastic Neoplasia

31. Evaluation of the Placenta

32. Placental Correlates of Unanticipated Fetal Death

33. Gestational Diseases and the Placenta

Appendix A: Suggested ICD-10 Codes

Christopher P. Crum, MD, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Vice Chair and Director, Women's and Perinatal Pathology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts ; Marisa R. Nucci, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Pathologist, Division of Women’s and Perinatal Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Consultant Pathologist, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Associate Member, Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Sarcoma Program, Boston, Massachusetts; Scott R. Granter, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Brooke E. Howitt; Mana M. Parast; Theonia Boyd and Kenneth R. Lee, MD, Associated Professor, Harvard Medical School, Pathologist, Divisions of Women's and Perinatal Pathology and Cytology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Women's and Perinatal