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Frozen Section Library: Pleura [electronic resource] / by Philip T. Cagle, Timothy Craig Allen.

By: Cagle, Philip T [author.].
Contributor(s): Allen, Timothy Craig [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Frozen Section Library: 3Publisher: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010Description: VIII, 115p. 125 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780387959863.Subject(s): Medicine | Pathology | Medicine & Public Health | PathologyDDC classification: 616.07 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma -- Metastatic Cancers -- Other Primary Neoplasms of the Pleura -- Pleuritis and Pleural Plaque -- Uncommon Nonneoplastic Lesions of the Pleura -- Benign Reactive Proliferations vs. Malignancy.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Frozen sections are performed while a patient is undergoing surgery as a basis for making an immediate diagnosis that will impact treatment decisions. Frozen section diagnosis is often a highly demanding situation for the pathologist who must render a diagnosis quickly for the patient and surgeon. The Frozen Section Library series will provide concise, user-friendly, site specific handbooks that are well illustrated and highlight the pitfalls, artifacts and differential diagnosis issues that arise in the hurried frozen section scenario. Philip T. Cagle, MD, is Professor of Pathology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York and Director of Pulmonary Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. Timothy Craig Allen, MD, JD, is the Chairman of the Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas.
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Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma -- Metastatic Cancers -- Other Primary Neoplasms of the Pleura -- Pleuritis and Pleural Plaque -- Uncommon Nonneoplastic Lesions of the Pleura -- Benign Reactive Proliferations vs. Malignancy.

Frozen sections are performed while a patient is undergoing surgery as a basis for making an immediate diagnosis that will impact treatment decisions. Frozen section diagnosis is often a highly demanding situation for the pathologist who must render a diagnosis quickly for the patient and surgeon. The Frozen Section Library series will provide concise, user-friendly, site specific handbooks that are well illustrated and highlight the pitfalls, artifacts and differential diagnosis issues that arise in the hurried frozen section scenario. Philip T. Cagle, MD, is Professor of Pathology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York and Director of Pulmonary Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. Timothy Craig Allen, MD, JD, is the Chairman of the Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas.

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