
The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Digestive System, Volume 9, Part III – Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas
- 3rd Edition - April 3, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: James C. Reynolds, Peter J. Ward, John A Martin, Grace L Su, David C. Whitcomb
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 0 9 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 8 4 1 2 - 9
Offering a concise, highly visual approach to the basic science and clinical pathology of the digestive system, this updated volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrat… Read more

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Request a sales quote- Provides a highly visual guide to the pancreas, liver, and biliary tract in a single source, from basic sciences and normal anatomy and function through pathologic conditions
- Offers expert coverage of key topics, as well as new topics such as other viruses that cause hepatitis
- Provides a concise overview of complex information by integrating anatomical and physiological concepts with clinical scenarios
- Compiles Dr. Frank H. Netter’s master medical artistry—an aesthetic tribute and source of inspiration for medical professionals for over half a century—along with new art in the Netter tradition for each of the major body systems, making this volume a powerful and memorable tool for building foundational knowledge and educating patients or staff
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Series
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Introduction to the First Edition
- Contributors
- Contributors to the Second Edition
- Contents of the Complete Volume 9—Digestive System: Three Part Set
- 1. Liver
- Plate 1.1 Development of liver
- Plate 1.2 Development of liver and its venous system
- Plate 1.3 Prenatal and postnatal circulation
- Plate 1.4 Topography of liver
- Plate 1.5 Surfaces and bed of liver
- Plate 1.6 Lesser omentum, variations in form of liver
- Plate 1.7 Cellular elements of liver
- Plates 1.8–1.10 Intrahepatic structures
- Plate 1.11 Vessel and duct distribution, liver segments
- Plate 1.12 Arterial blood supply of liver, biliary system, and pancreas
- Plate 1.13 Hepatic artery variations
- Plate 1.14 Cystic artery and its variations
- Plate 1.15 Portal vein tributaries, portacaval anastomoses
- Plate 1.16 Portal vein: Variations and anomalies
- Plate 1.17 Lymphatic drainage of liver and bile tract
- Plate 1.18 Innervation of liver and bile tract
- Plate 1.19 Congenital and familial hyperbilirubinemias
- Plate 1.20 Congenital anomalies
- Plate 1.21 Liver functions
- Plate 1.22 Innate immune system and liver
- Plate 1.23 Prothrombin formation
- Plate 1.24 Physical diagnosis of liver disease
- Plate 1.25 Liver function tests
- Plates 1.26–1.28 Bilirubin and bile acid metabolism
- Plate 1.29 Liver biopsy
- Plate 1.30 Noninvasive assessments for hepatic fibrosis
- Plates 1.31–1.32 Imaging studies of liver
- Plates 1.33–1.34 Liver disease in pregnancy
- Plate 1.35 Trauma to liver
- Plates 1.36–1.37 Jaundice in neonatal period
- Plate 1.38 Congenital malpositions of liver
- Plate 1.39 Pathologic features of liver injury
- Plate 1.40 Pathologic features of hepatic regeneration and atrophy
- Plate 1.41 Pathologic features of hepatic necrosis
- Plate 1.42 Cirrhosis: Overview
- Plate 1.43 Cirrhosis: Fundamental vascular changes
- Plate 1.44 Cirrhosis: Clinical manifestations
- Plate 1.45 Portal hypertension: Causes
- Plate 1.46 Clinical determination of portal hypertension
- Plate 1.47 Portal hypertension: Endoscopic approach
- Plate 1.48 Portal hypertension: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
- Plate 1.49 Ascites: Pathogenesis
- Plate 1.50 Renal complications of liver disease
- Plate 1.51 Hepatic encephalopathy
- Plate 1.52 Metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease
- Plate 1.53 Alcohol-associated liver disease
- Plates 1.54–1.55 Hemosiderosis, hemochromatosis
- Plate 1.56 Wilson disease
- Plate 1.57 Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
- Plate 1.58 Other inherited metabolic disorders (von Gierke disease, galactosemia, Niemann-Pick disease)
- Plate 1.59 Hypoxic conditions: Shock and sickle cell anemia
- Plate 1.60 Drug-induced hepatic injuries
- Plates 1.61–1.62 Acute hepatitis (hepatitis A and E)
- Plates 1.63–1.64 Hepatitis B and hepatitis D
- Plates 1.65–1.66 Hepatitis C
- Plates 1.67–1.68 Hepatitis caused by herpesviridae
- Plate 1.69 Spirochetal infections (Weil disease, syphilis)
- Plates 1.70–1.71 Granulomatous liver disease
- Plate 1.72 Amebiasis
- Plate 1.73 Echinococcus cyst (hydatid disease)
- Plate 1.74 Schistosomiasis
- Plates 1.75–1.76 Primary biliary cholangitis
- Plates 1.77–1.78 Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Plate 1.79 Autoimmune hepatitis
- Plate 1.80 Vascular disturbances: Arterial
- Plate 1.81 Vascular disturbances: Portal vein
- Plate 1.82 Hepatic vein obstruction; Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Plate 1.83 Cardiac liver (congestive hepatopathy)
- Plate 1.84 Hematologic malignant disease and liver: Hodgkin disease, leukemia, venoocclusive disease, graft-versus-host disease
- Plates 1.85–1.87 Benign liver tumors
- Plates 1.88–1.89 Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Plate 1.90 Nonsurgical therapies for localized hepatocellular carcinoma: Percutaneous ablation, transarterial embolization, and radiotherapy
- Plate 1.91 Cholangiocarcinoma
- Plate 1.92 Metastatic liver cancer
- Plate 1.93 Operative procedures: Wedge resection/segmentectomy
- Plates 1.94–1.95 Left lobectomy
- Plates 1.96–1.97 Extended right lobectomy
- Plate 1.98 Palliative therapy in inoperable cancers: Infusion of chemotherapeutic agents via hepatic artery infusion pump
- Plates 1.99–1.100 Liver transplantation
- 2. Gallbladder and bile ducts
- Plate 2.1 Development of gallbladder and bile ducts
- Plate 2.2 Anatomy and histology of gallbladder and bile ducts
- Plate 2.3 Variations of extrahepatic bile ducts; accessory hepatic ducts
- Plate 2.4 Choledochoduodenal junction
- Plates 2.5—2.6 Function of gallbladder and choledochoduodenal sphincter
- Plates 2.7—2.8 Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, Geenen’s classification, and sphincter of Oddi manometry
- Plate 2.9 Noninvasive imaging of gallbladder and bile ducts
- Plates 2.10—2.11 Invasive imaging modalities and minimally invasive interventions of the bile duct
- Plate 2.12 Congenital anomalies: Gallbladder and bile ducts
- Plate 2.13 Cholelithiasis: Stone formation
- Plate 2.14 Cholelithiasis: Clinical aspects
- Plate 2.15 Cholelithiasis: Pathologic features, choledocholithiasis
- Plate 2.16 Hydrops and empyema of gallbladder
- Plate 2.17 Interrelation of gallbladder diseases
- Plate 2.18 Cholecystitis: Acute and chronic
- Plate 2.19 Cholecystitis: Later stages and complications
- Plate 2.20 Perforation, subphrenic abscess
- Plate 2.21 Bile duct fistulae
- Plates 2.22–2.24 Biliary injuries and cholangitis
- Plate 2.25 Diagnosis of biliary tract disease
- Plate 2.26 Tumors of gallbladder
- Plate 2.27 Tumors of bile ducts
- Plate 2.28 Ampullary tumors
- Plate 2.29 Postcholecystectomy syndrome
- 3. Pancreas
- Plate 3.1 Development of pancreas
- Plate 3.2 Arterial blood supply of liver, biliary system, and pancreas
- Plate 3.3 Anatomy and histology of pancreas
- Plate 3.4 Pancreatic ducts and variations
- Plate 3.5 Peritoneal relations of pancreas
- Plate 3.6 Surgical approaches to pancreas
- Plate 3.7 Lymphatic drainage of pancreas
- Plate 3.8 Innervation of pancreas
- Plate 3.9 Normal secretion of pancreas
- Plate 3.10 Biochemical changes in acute pancreatitis
- Plate 3.11 Biochemical changes in pancreatic obstruction
- Plate 3.12 Laboratory aids in pancreatic disease
- Plate 3.13 Congenital anomalies of pancreas
- Plate 3.14 Cystic fibrosis of pancreas
- Plate 3.15 Acute pancreatitis
- Plate 3.16 Chronic pancreatitis
- Plate 3.17 Pancreatic cysts
- Plate 3.18 Malignant tumors: Solid tumors (exocrine and endocrine neoplasms)
- Plate 3.19 Malignant tumors: Carcinoma, gross pathology, clinical features
- Plate 3.20 Malignant tumors: Histology, metastases
- Selected References
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: April 3, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 192
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323880909
- eBook ISBN: 9780323884129
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