Robbins Essential Pathology
- 2nd Edition - September 29, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Jon C. Aster, Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas
- Language: English
Part of the highly regarded Robbins family of pathology texts, Robbins & Kumar Essential Pathology, 2nd Edition, provides a strong foundation of core pathology knowledge, focus… Read more
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Description
Description
Part of the highly regarded Robbins family of pathology texts, Robbins & Kumar Essential Pathology, 2nd Edition, provides a strong foundation of core pathology knowledge, focusing on the most essential aspects for success on your course and in exams. Now fully updated to reflect recent changes in the field, this edition provides trusted Robbins content in an integrated, multimedia format— including unique, interactive clinical cases and self-assessment materials. Efficient, effective, and easy to use, this concise, authoritative resource is ideal for today’s integrated courses and medical students’ changing needs.
Key features
Key features
- Provides high-quality content and a case-based approach in a focused, multimedia learning package—aligned to current courses and USMLE requirements
- Focuses on the core knowledge of disease mechanisms and essential clinical aspects that medical students need to know
- Contains new, easy-to-grasp illustrations that depict important pathology and principles of pathogenesis
- Features more than 500 images and summary tables that illustrate key disorders and concepts
- Provides access to exclusive integrated digital learning tools, including more than 90 interactive cases and images that take you through key topics in logical, sequential steps, and self-assessment questions with links to the text that help you evaluate your progress and prepare for exams
- 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, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Readership
Readership
Medical Students
Table of contents
Table of contents
1 Cell Injury and Cell Death
2 Inflammation and Tissue Repair
3 Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolism, and Shock
4 Diseases of the Immune System
5 Neoplasia
6 Genetic Diseases
7 Diseases of Blood Vessels
8 Heart
9 Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Systems
10 Lung and Upper Respiratory Tract
11 Kidney
12 Gastrointestinal System
13 Liver, Biliary System, and Pancreas
14 Male Genital Tract, Prostate, and Bladder
15 Female Genital Tract and Breast
16 Endocrine System
17 Disorders of the Nervous System
18 Musculoskeletal System and Skin
19 Environmental Disease
2 Inflammation and Tissue Repair
3 Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolism, and Shock
4 Diseases of the Immune System
5 Neoplasia
6 Genetic Diseases
7 Diseases of Blood Vessels
8 Heart
9 Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Systems
10 Lung and Upper Respiratory Tract
11 Kidney
12 Gastrointestinal System
13 Liver, Biliary System, and Pancreas
14 Male Genital Tract, Prostate, and Bladder
15 Female Genital Tract and Breast
16 Endocrine System
17 Disorders of the Nervous System
18 Musculoskeletal System and Skin
19 Environmental Disease
Review quotes
Review quotes
Review of the previous edition:
"The authors have demonstrated much effort in putting pathology into the context of clinical medicine through clinical cases and self-assessment questions. The book will without a doubt make learning much more interesting. In summary, I would highly recommend this book to all medical students." --Anamarija Perry, MD (University of Michigan Medical School) Doody's Review Score: 92-4 Stars!
"The authors have demonstrated much effort in putting pathology into the context of clinical medicine through clinical cases and self-assessment questions. The book will without a doubt make learning much more interesting. In summary, I would highly recommend this book to all medical students." --Anamarija Perry, MD (University of Michigan Medical School) Doody's Review Score: 92-4 Stars!
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: January 8, 2027
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Jon C. Aster
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical of School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts., USAVK
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, USA