Pathology Textbook

Ever since Ivan Damjanov appeared for the first time in 1983, this textbook of soft tissue tumors has change into one of many "must-haves" for surgical pathologists. Unquestionably on the record of the pathology equivalent of the books of "the nice Western Canon," it's new editions have, to this point, been eagerly anticipated and usually welcomed by the pathology community. The brand new edition won't disappoint these aficionados.

The fourth edition has Dr. Enzinger's title solely in the title, however in spirit this is still the identical e book that was conceived in the 70s in the AFIP. Along with the brand new co-creator (Dr. Goldblum, a former resident). Dr. Weiss has enlisted the assistance of eight contributors, who've written parts of the text dealing with clinical aspects of sentimental tissue tumors, immunohistochemistry, molecular genetics, and fantastic needle aspiration biopsies of these lesions. Dr. Irving Dardick is given credit score for the colour renditions, which could almost all be judged as outstanding.

The readers who grew up using the earlier editions will acknowledge some of the old footage but in addition will discover many extra new ones. As earlier than, illustrations are judiciously chosen and really useful to neophytes and skilled pathologists alike. Clinical photographs and electron microphotographs reprinted from earlier editions have lost a little bit of their high quality in this process and possibly will should be changed within the next edition; however, they convey the messages clearly and are necessary for the understanding of the text. The colour photographs, used extensively in all of the chapters, are a major new feature and can be welcomed by most pathologists. The layout of the textual content is still the identical, but it's extra readable and the color added to the subheadings and tables makes it esthetically very pleasing. The textual content could be very readable, authoritative, and most of us will discover it very "user-friendly." It is erudite but not bookish, didactic however not dogmatic. Along with the new chapters reflecting the present traits in diagnostic pathology, all different chapters have been extensively revised and updated. References are up-so far, together with papers from the late 1990s and even the yr 2000.

The looks of the fourth edition of Enzinger and Weiss's traditional is the publishing event of the 12 months, and the guide deserves to be greeted in unison with kudos to the authors and the publisher. Because the leading textbook on smooth part tumors, it belongs in the core library of all pathologists, and on the important short list of books in surgical pathology signal-out rooms.