Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology (Robbins Pathology) - Softcover

Klatt MD, Edward C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1437701701 ISBN 13: 9781437701708

Publisher: Saunders, 2009

Synopsis

Designed to complement Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th Edition and Robbins Basic Pathology, 8th Edition, this full-color atlas offers more than 1,500 outstanding full-color illustrations that vividly depict the diseases you need to know for pathology courses and USMLE exams. A quick visual reference or review of material for students and professionals alike.

• Includes gross, microscopic, and radiologic images correlated with examples of normal organs and tissues for comparison.
• Extensive legends summarize the key information you need to know.
• Correlates pathology with clinical history, physical exam findings, and clinical laboratory tests.
• A perfect study complement to Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology.

• Includes many new and improved images.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward C. Klatt, MD, Professor and Academic Administrator, Department of Pathology, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida

Review:

ROBBINS AND COTRAN ATLAS OF PATHOLOGY – 1ST EDITION

EDWARD C. KLATT

Reviewed by Dr. Clair Evans SpR, Dept. of Histopathology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, on behalf of The Royal College of Pathologists – www.rcpath.org, October 2006

This is a new addition to the Pathologic Basis of Disease series of books. With an attractive purple and blue coloured cover and is 529 pages long. The book is divided into 20 chapters that are said to closely follow the second unit of the seventh edition of the ‘big Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease and the Basic Pathology textbooks. One may ask why an atlas is needed to compliment such a comprehensive predominantly undergraduate text. The author states in the preface that ‘the majority of students are ‘visual’ learners and readily take advantage of visual study material’ this book therefore is said to provide ‘even more examples of disease processes in a visual format’. The aim of the book is also to provide a greater clinicopathological correlation of disease processes by including photographs of patients, radiographs and gross anatomical specimens as well as the histology.

So, is this book needed or helpful and would I buy a copy? This book definitely complements the Pathologic Basis of Disease series. It provides some useful clinical and radiological images which serve as a good aide memoir when looking at the histology and learning about the disease processes. The Pathological Basis of Disease series of books are regarded by most histopathology trainees to be superior to other general pathology texts for undergraduates and junior histopathology trainees. It is not comprehensive enough to replace a pure histology text.

However, with the current paucipathology undergraduate medical curricula currently in fashion, this would be a good atlas to use with any general pathology textbook. I would even recommend to those pathologists who still bravely volunteer to give undergraduate tutorials to take this book along with them. I think that books like this definitely have a place in the problem based learning setting.

About this edition

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1437701701
• ISBN 13: 9781437701708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 592