Overview
- In-depth text specifically covering the lesions unique to the vulva and vagina and also those common to skin at all anatomical sites with the relevant clinical context
- Includes summaries of key diagnostic features of common entities and pitfalls in diagnosis to serve as a quick desktop reference facilitating accurate diagnosis
- Incorporates newly published staging systems for vulval cancer as well as recently described diagnostic entities and ancillary techniques
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Essentials of Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology (EDGP)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Doctors and the general public are increasingly recognising diseases of the vulva and vagina as a cause of sexual dysfunction, morbidity and death, yet the wide but sometimes rare range of conditions involving this area are poorly represented in most textbooks of pathology. As the first volume in the Essentials of Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology series sponsored by the British Association of Gynecological Pathologists, Pathology of the Vulva and Vagina is one of the very few dealing wholly with this subject.
Pathology of the Vulva and Vagina introduces the topic with a stylishly illustrated description of the embryology and development which is fundamental to understanding the pathogenesis and symptomatology. Subsequent chapters cover infections and non-infectious dermatoses, specifying those that can predispose to cancer. The precancerous conditions of vulval intraepithelial neoplasia, melanocytic proliferations and extra-mammary Paget’s disease are integrated respectively with accounts of human papilloma virus, malignant melanoma and recent awareness of ano-genital mammary-like glands. Advances in the recognition of potentially confusing benign conditions, prognosis and staging update the pathology of squamous and adenocarcinoma in these organs. The difficulties of sentinel node biopsy are explored and a comprehensive chapter clearly highlights the difficult differential diagnosis of mesenchymal lesions.
As most histopathology departments receive many gynecological specimens, Pathology of the Vulva and Vagina has been written to be useful diagnostically to general as well as specialist gynecological histopathologists and pathologists in training. Gynecologists, oncologists, dermatologists, genitourinary physicians and cancer nurse specialists will find expert insights here that will help in treatment andcounselling of their patients.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This in-depth look at the pathology of the vulva and vagina covers neoplastic and non-neoplastic topics and reviews the embryologic development and anatomy of these structures. … Practicing pathologists are the intended audience, but this also would be an excellent resource for pathologists in training. … I appreciate that the book focuses on a narrow topic, and covers it thoroughly. I find it especially useful that it so completely covers topics that are considered more traditional dermatopathology topics.” (Carmen Winters, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2013)Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Laurence Brown is a Consultant Histopathologist at Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK. President of the British Association of Gynecological Pathologists: 2010-2013.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pathology of the Vulva and Vagina
Editors: Laurence Brown
Series Title: Essentials of Diagnostic Gynecological Pathology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-757-0
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-756-3Published: 29 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6930-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-757-0Published: 28 September 2012
Series ISSN: 2731-300X
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 286
Topics: Pathology, Gynecology, Dermatology