Biopsy Pathology in Colorectal Disease shows how the practising pathologist can extract the maximum of diagnostic value from biopsies of the colon, rectum and anus. With the advances in colonoscopic mucosal biopsy techniques these are amongst the most frequently encountered specimens in hospital histopathology departments. This new edition provides practising pathologists and those in allied disciplines with a thorough guide to the diagnosis of colorectal conditions, both common and rare, and offers expert guidance in the handling of biopsy specimens. The most valuable information for diagnostic interpretation of the various types of inflammatory disease is presented clearly and succinctly, minimizing the use of non-diagnostic terms such as non-specific colitis. Optimal ways of handling and examining polyps, the assessment of biopsies in motility disorders and the interpretation of biopsies of anal lesions are described. A rational classification and practical approach to dysplasia is presented. The early chapters describe how to recognize the many different features, both normal and abnormal, which can be regarded as signposts to diagnosis.
The significance of these diagnostic signposts is briefly described and cross referenced to later chapters, in which the histological features of the specific diseases are covered in greater depth.
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1. Introduction 2. Normal features 3. Assessment of abnormalities: diagnostic signposts 4. Infective colitis 5. Ulcerative colitis 6. Crohn's disease 7. Ileoanal pouch pathology 8. Pseudomembranous colitis 9. Microscopic - colitis collagenous colitis, lymphocytic colitis and their variants 10. Ischaemic colitis 11. Iatrogenic disease 12. The differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease 13. Disorders of motility 14. Neoplasia in the colon and rectum and its classification 15. Polyps 16. The diagnosis of malignancy 17. Dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease 18. Malignant tumours 19. Anal biopsy 20. Miscellaneous conditions
