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Robbins & Kumar Basic Pathology
- 11th Edition - October 23, 2022
- Editors: Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster, Andrea T Deyrup
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 0 1 9 - 2
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 0 1 8 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 0 2 0 - 8
Readable, well-illustrated, and concise, Robbins and Kumar’s Basic Pathology, 11th Edition, offers today’s busy students a rich understanding of all essential pathology concepts… Read more
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Request a sales quoteReadable, well-illustrated, and concise, Robbins and Kumar’s Basic Pathology, 11th Edition, offers today’s busy students a rich understanding of all essential pathology concepts from trusted names in the field. This updated edition thoroughly covers key pathologic processes and the time-honored tools of gross and microscopic analysis, while also retaining a strong emphasis on clinicopathologic correlations and the impact of molecular pathology on the practice of medicine. Outstanding artwork and schematic drawings, as well as a robust eBook experience with extensive additional features, make complex concepts easier to learn and retain.
- Includes fully updated clinical topics throughout.
- Features high-quality photomicrographs, gross photos, and radiologic images, as well as new artwork and over 150 new schematic diagrams that help summarize key or complex disease mechanisms.
- Contains a new Rapid Review section that uses bulleted summary boxes to deliver essential take-home messages and help you focus on the fundamentals.
- Includes tables of relevant laboratory tests for each chapter that link pathophysiology of disease and diagnostic testing.
- Highlights pathogenesis, morphology, and pathophysiologic content throughout.
- Features increased representation of diverse populations throughout the text, including clinical photographs of skin lesions in multiple skin types and a new section on the role of socially defined race in health disparities.
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud—as well as access bonus content, including case studies, additional gross and microscopic figures, and more.
Medical students, Allied Health Students in pathology courses
- Instructions for online access
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Online Resources for Instructors and Students
- 1. Cell Injury, Cell Death, and Adaptations
- Introduction to Pathology
- Overview of Cellular Responses to Stress and Noxious Stimuli
- Causes of Cell Injury
- Sequence of Events in Cell Injury and Cell Death
- Mechanisms of Cell Injury and Cell Death
- Cellular Adaptations to Stress
- Intracellular and Extracellular Depositions
- Cellular Aging
- Rapid Review
- 2. Inflammation and Repair
- General Features of Inflammation
- Causes of Inflammation
- Recognition of Microbes and Damaged Cells
- Acute Inflammation
- Mediators of Inflammation
- Morphologic Patterns of Acute Inflammation
- Outcomes of Acute Inflammation
- Chronic Inflammation
- Systemic Effects of Inflammation
- Tissue Repair
- Rapid Review
- 3. Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolism, and Shock
- Hyperemia and Congestion
- Edema
- Hemorrhage
- Hemostasis and Thrombosis
- Embolism
- Infarction
- Shock
- Rapid Review
- 4. Genetic and Pediatric Diseases
- The Genome
- Genetic Diseases
- Pediatric Diseases
- 5. Diseases of the Immune System
- The Normal Immune Response
- Cells of the Immune System
- Overview of Lymphocyte Activation and Adaptive Immune Responses
- Hypersensitivity: Immunologically Mediated Tissue Injury
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Immunology of Transplantation
- Immunodeficiency Syndromes
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Amyloidosis
- Rapid Review
- 6. Neoplasia
- Nomenclature
- Characteristics of Benign and Malignant Neoplasms
- Epidemiology
- Cancer Genes
- Genetic Lesions in Cancer
- Carcinogenesis: A Multistep Process
- Hallmarks of Cancer
- Etiology of Cancer: Carcinogenic Agents
- Clinical Aspects of Neoplasia
- Rapid Review
- 7. Environmental and Nutritional Diseases
- Health Disparities
- Health Effects of Climate Change
- Toxicity of Chemical and Physical Agents
- Environmental Pollution
- Effects of Tobacco
- Effects of Alcohol
- Injury Caused by Therapeutic Drugs and Nonprescribed Substances
- Injury by Physical Agents
- Nutritional Diseases
- Rapid Review
- 8. Blood Vessels
- Structure and Function of Blood Vessels
- Congenital Anomalies
- Blood Pressure Regulation
- Hypertensive Vascular Disease
- Arteriosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis
- Aneurysms and Dissections
- Vasculitis
- Disorders of Blood Vessel Hyperreactivity
- Veins and Lymphatics
- Tumors
- Rapid Review
- 9. Heart
- Overview of Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Arrhythmias
- Hypertensive Heart Disease
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Cardiomyopathies
- Myocarditis
- Pericardial Disease
- Cardiac Tumors
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Rapid Review
- 10. Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Systems
- Red Cell Disorders
- White Cell Disorders
- Bleeding Disorders
- Complications of Transfusion
- Disorders of the Spleen and Thymus
- Rapid Review
- 11. Lung
- Atelectasis (Collapse)
- Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Obstructive and Restrictive Pulmonary Diseases
- Obstructive Lung (Airway) Diseases
- Chronic Interstitial (Restrictive, Infiltrative) Lung Diseases
- Diseases of Pulmonary Vessels
- Pulmonary Infections
- Lung Tumors
- Pleural Lesions
- Lesions of the Upper Respiratory Tract
- Rapid Review
- 12. Kidney
- Clinical Manifestations of Renal Diseases
- Diseases of Glomeruli
- Diseases Affecting Tubules and Interstitium
- Diseases Involving Blood Vessels
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cystic Diseases
- Urinary Tract Obstruction
- Neoplasms
- Rapid Review
- 13. Oral Cavity and Gastrointestinal Tract
- Oral Cavity
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small and Large Intestines
- Appendix
- 14. Liver and Gallbladder
- Liver
- Gallbladder
- 15. Pancreas
- Congenital Anomalies
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
- Rapid Review
- 16. Male Genital System and Lower Urinary Tract
- Penis
- Scrotum, Testis, and Epididymis
- Prostate
- Lower Urinary Tract
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Rapid Review
- 17. Female Genital System and Breast
- Vulva
- Vagina
- Cervix
- Uterus
- Fallopian Tubes
- Ovaries
- Diseases of Pregnancy
- Gestational Trophoblastic Disease
- Breast
- 18. Endocrine System
- Pituitary
- Thyroid
- Parathyroid Glands
- Endocrine Pancreas
- Adrenal Glands
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) Syndromes
- 19. Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors
- Bone
- Joints
- Soft Tissue Tumors
- 20. Peripheral Nerves and Muscles
- Disorders of Peripheral Nerves
- Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
- Disorders of Skeletal Muscle
- Peripheral Nerve Tumors
- Rapid Review
- 21. Central Nervous System and Eye
- Central Nervous System
- Eye
- 22. Skin
- Acute Inflammatory Dermatoses
- Chronic Inflammatory Dermatoses
- Infectious Dermatoses
- Blistering (Bullous) Disorders
- Tumors of the Skin
- Rapid Review
- Index
- No. of pages: 840
- Language: English
- Edition: 11
- Published: October 23, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323790192
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323790185
- eBook ISBN: 9780323790208
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Vinay Kumar
Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, FRCPath, Alice Hogge and Arthur A. Baer Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology, Biologic Sciences Division and the Pritzker Medical School, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USAAA
Abul K. Abbas
Abul K. Abbas, MBBS, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, USAJA
Jon C. Aster
Jon C. Aster, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USAAD
Andrea T Deyrup
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Duke University Medical Center