Surgical Pathology
A Practical Guide for Non-Pathologist
Editors: Altaleb, Ahmad (Ed.)
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- Focuses on the essential information needed to effectively care for patients
- Details how surgeons and pathologists can build better working relationships
- Suitable for use by non-pathologists seeking a concise resource on the topic
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- About this book
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This book provides a practical and clinically oriented guide to the concepts of pathologic diagnosis of surgical specimens. Concise and highly illustrated chapters cover essential information required within patient management. Telepathology, ancillary techniques, and surgical oncology concepts are also examined.
Surgical Pathology: A Practical Guide aims to bridge the knowledge gap between surgeons and pathologists to promote mutual understanding and a better working relationship. This book is relevant to general surgeons, and surgical oncologists, whether in training or in practice. It also serves as an introduction for first-year pathology residents, and medical students interested in surgical pathology.
- About the authors
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Dr. A.F. Altaleb, MB.BCh.BAO (RCSI Dublin), European Board of Pathology. Anatomic pathologist, and nephropathologist and renal transplant pathologist at MKH, Kuwait. He is a clinical tutor and member of examination committee, Kuwait Board of anatomic pathology. He is a graduated of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 2008 and joined Kuwait Board of anatomic pathology in 2010 and obtained the certificate of completion of training in 2015. He also obtained a Fellowship in Nephropathology from the clinical institute of pathology of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. Since September 2017 he has been on the European Board of Pathology.
- Table of contents (25 chapters)
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The Role of Surgical Pathologist: A Surgeon’s Perspective
Pages 3-5
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Histopathology Versus Cytopathology
Pages 7-11
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The Surgical Pathology Request Form, What Is Mandatory To Fill-In?
Pages 15-17
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The Surgical Pathology Report Simplified
Pages 19-23
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Clarifying Jargon in Pathology Reports
Pages 25-38
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Surgical Pathology
- Book Subtitle
- A Practical Guide for Non-Pathologist
- Editors
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- Ahmad Altaleb
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-53690-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-53690-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-53689-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 152
- Number of Illustrations
- 76 illustrations in colour
- Topics