Wheater's Pathology: A Text, Atlas and Review of Histopathology
- 6th Edition - February 26, 2019
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Authors: Geraldine O'Dowd, Sarah Bell, Sylvia Wright
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 5 5 9 - 9
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 7 5 6 0 - 5
This concise introduction to pathology covers basic pathological mechanisms and offers a detailed review of systems pathology, making it a complete, effective review for today’s r… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis concise introduction to pathology covers basic pathological mechanisms and offers a detailed review of systems pathology, making it a complete, effective review for today’s readers. Hundreds of high-quality images—many new to this edition—illustrate common entities, and associated captions provide key pathological points. Reader-friendly text clarifies basic and complex information, helping you understand challenging concepts more easily. Wheater's Pathology is an excellent companion resource for users of Wheater's Functional Histology, 6th Edition, offering a comparison of normal histology with the pathological changes in disease.
- Contains a new chapter, Introduction to Pathology and Techniques, that provides more background information on histology techniques, immunohistochemistry, molecular tests and digital pathology.
- Contains new, full-color illustrations that depict additional pathological entities and update classifications.
- Includes access to online-only material such as new questions for each chapter, and numerous macroscopic images.
- Incorporates cutting-edge information on molecular pathology throughout.
- Includes quick-reference features such as keys to the lettering in images at the bottom of each page and fully revised clinical boxes with clinical-pathological correlations that explain the relevance of the pathological processes underlying common diseases and their complications.
- Summarizes key points with chapter reviews at the end of each section.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Undergraduate medical students in medicine, pre-medicines, science courses, other health science programs such as medical laboratory scientists, nursing students, veterinary science. Postgraduate medical students and early trainees in pathology / histopat
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Basic Pathological Processes
- 1. Introduction to pathology
- Overview of the practice of pathology
- Basic histology techniques
- Cytopathology
- Introduction to immunohistochemistry
- Immunohistochemical interpretation
- Electron microscopy
- Molecular techniques
- Next-generation sequencing
- Digital pathology and image analysis
- Personalised medicine
- Questions
- Answers
- 2. Cellular responses to injury
- Introduction
- Questions
- Answers
- 3. Acute inflammation, healing and repair
- Introduction
- Morphological patterns of acute inflammation
- Clinical features and nomenclature of acute inflammatory processes
- Outcomes of acute inflammation
- Questions
- Answers
- 4. Chronic inflammation
- Introduction
- Non-specific chronic inflammation
- Specific (primary) chronic inflammation
- Granulomatous inflammation
- Questions
- Answers
- 5. Infections of histological importance
- Introduction
- Bacterial infections
- Mycobacterial infections
- Spirochaete infections
- Viral infections
- Fungal infections
- Protozoa and helminths
- Questions
- Answers
- 6. Disorders of growth
- Introduction
- Questions
- Answers
- 7. Dysplasia and neoplasia
- Cellular atypia and dysplasia
- Neoplasia
- Carcinoma in situ
- General characteristics of neoplasms
- Histological assessment of neoplasms
- Tumour nomenclature and classification
- Tumours of epithelial origin
- Tumours of connective tissue origin
- Nomenclature of other tumours
- Modes of spread of malignant neoplasms
- Staging of malignant tumours
- 8. Atherosclerosis
- Consequences of atheroma
- Questions
- Answers
- 9. Thrombosis and embolism
- Thrombosis
- Fate of vascular thrombi
- Questions
- Answers
- 10. Infarction
- Introduction
- Types of infarction
- Macroscopic appearance of infarcts
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Basic Systems Pathology
- 11. Cardiovascular system
- Diseases of the arterial system
- Aneurysms
- Inflammation of vessels (vasculitis)
- Malformations and tumours of blood vessels
- Diseases of the heart
- Rheumatic fever
- Valvulitis (endocarditis of valves)
- Primary tumours of the heart
- Questions
- Answers
- 12. Respiratory System
- Diseases of the nose and pharynx
- Inflammatory diseases of the airways and lungs
- Questions
- Answers
- 13. Gastrointestinal system
- Introduction
- Diseases of the oral tissues and salivary glands
- Oesophageal diseases
- Diseases of the stomach
- Diseases of the small intestine and appendix
- Diseases of the large intestine
- 14. Liver and pancreaticobiliary system
- Disorders of the liver
- Acute inflammation of the liver
- Chronic hepatitis
- Disorders of the biliary system
- Disorders of the pancreas
- Pancreatic cancer
- Cystic lesions of the pancreas
- 15. Urinary system
- Introduction
- The kidney
- Diseases of the glomerulus
- Glomerulonephritis
- Disorders of the renal tubules and interstitium
- Vascular disorders
- Tumours of the kidney
- Diseases of the lower urinary tract
- 16. Lymphoid and haematopoietic systems
- Functions of the lymphoreticular system
- Reactive disorders of lymph nodes
- Malignant disorders of the lymphoid system
- Lymphoma classification
- B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Bone marrow disease
- Leukaemias
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms and myelodysplastic syndromes
- Chapter review.
- Questions
- Answers
- 17. Female reproductive system
- Introduction
- Disorders of the vulva and vagina
- Diseases of the uterine cervix
- Disorders of the uterus
- Placental disorders
- Diseases of the fallopian tubes
- Disorders of the ovary
- Questions
- Answers
- 18. Breast
- Introduction
- Inflammatory disorders of the breast
- Non-neoplastic breast disease
- Neoplasms of the breast
- Questions
- Answers
- 19. Male reproductive system
- Introduction
- Disorders of the testis and epididymis
- Testicular tumours
- Disorders of the prostate
- Disorders of the penis
- Questions
- Answers
- 20. Endocrine system
- Pituitary gland disorders
- Disorders of the thyroid gland
- Disorders of the parathyroid glands
- Disorders of the adrenal glands
- Questions
- Answers
- 21. Skin
- Introduction
- Inflammatory disorders
- Neoplastic disorders
- Epithelial neoplasms
- Melanocytic lesions
- Benign melanocytic naevi
- Malignant melanocytic lesions (malignant melanoma)
- Cysts and other skin lesions
- 22. Bone and soft tissues
- Bone
- Bone fracture
- Bone infection
- Metabolic bone disease
- Bone tumours
- Reactive processes and tumour-like lesions
- Benign tumours
- Malignant tumours
- Questions
- Answers
- 23. Nervous system
- Introduction
- Response of CNS tissues to injury
- Vascular disorders of the CNS
- Degenerative diseases of the CNS
- Infections of the CNS
- Primary demyelinating diseases
- Tumours of the CNS
- Disorders of peripheral nerves
- Disorders of skeletal muscle
- Questions
- Answers
- Appendix 1 – Notes on commonly used staining methods
- Appendix 2 – Glossary of pathological terms
- Appendix 3 – Bonus E-Book Images
- Index
- Edition: 6
- Published: February 26, 2019
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- No. of pages: 380
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702075599
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702075605
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Geraldine O'Dowd
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Diagnostic Pathologist, Lanarkshire NHS Board, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UKSB
Sarah Bell
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Pathologist, Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UKSW
Sylvia Wright
Affiliations and expertise
Consultant Pathologist, Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK