Highly Commended - 2002 BMA Medical Book Competition Awards, this book is designed for the general histopathologist in training and in practice. It will include all of the conditions normally encountered in the female reproductive tract as well as short descriptions of rarer conditions. Aetiology, epidemiology, differential diagnoses (and diagnostic pitfalls), specimen handling as well as prognosis and management will all be covered in a concise style. The text is made accessible through the liberal use of summaries, algorithms, and tables. It is lavishly illustrated with top quality four colour figures.
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1 Vulva 1 2 Vulva 2 3 The vagina 4 The cervix: benign and non-neoplastic conditions 5 Colposcopy 6 The etiology of cervical cancer 7 Cervical precancer (intraepithelial neoplasia) 8 Malignant tumors of the cervix 9 The normal endometrium 10 Hormones and Endometrium 11 Endometriosis, metaplasias, polyps and miscellaneous changes 12 Endometrial hyperplasia 13 Endometrial carcinoma 14 Endometrial tumors with a stromal component 15 Uterine smooth muscle tumors 16 The fallopian tube 17 Endometriosis 18 The ovaries: normal appearances and non-neoplastic conditions 19 Ovarian tumors: classification and clinical perspective 20 Epithelial/stromal ovarian tumors 21 The Ovary sex cord 22 Germ cell tumors of the ovary 23 Miscellaneous and metastatic tumors of the ovaries 24 Early placenta 25 Gestational neoplasms 26 The peritoneum 27 Embryology and disorders of sexual development 28 Cutup: The gross description, processing and reporting of specimens Appendix A FIGO staging Appendix B Histological classification Appendix C Synoptic reports
