FRCPath Part 1 Histopathology: Volume I — Foundations and Visceral Pathology

Volume I of the FRCPath Part 1 Histopathology textbook covers the foundations of histopathology practice and the medical organ systems most heavily examined in the Part 1 paper. Twenty-three chapters across nine sections combine entity-by-entity exposition with single-best-answer questions in the two-paragraph FRCPath rationale style. Contemporary classifications — WHO 5th edition, AJCC TNM 8, RCPath and ICCR datasets, BSH guidelines, and NICE pathways — anchor the content throughout.

Built specifically for FRCPath Part 1 candidates and equivalent UK and international histopathology examinations including MRCPath, FCAP, FRCPA, EBP, and senior membership-level review.

Sections covered:

- Laboratory Foundations — tissue processing, staining, immunohistochemistry, molecular ancillaries
- Cytopathology — Milan, Bethesda, Paris, Yokohama, and IAC Sydney reporting systems
- Gastrointestinal — oesophagus, stomach, small bowel, colorectum, anus
- Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic — hepatic, biliary tree, gallbladder, exocrine and endocrine pancreas
- Pulmonary and Pleural — non-neoplastic lung, lung tumours, pleura, mediastinum
- Cardiovascular — myocardial, valvular, vascular, cardiac transplant
- Endocrine — thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pituitary, neuroendocrine
- Renal — non-neoplastic medical renal, renal tumours, transplant pathology
- Medical Dermatopathology — inflammatory dermatoses, bullous diseases, panniculitis, granulomatous

Features:

- Mechanism-paragraph rationales for every SBA
- WHO 5th edition entity definitions with classification commentary
- AJCC TNM 8 staging across every relevant subsite
- RCPath and ICCR dataset essentials boxed in each chapter
- Cytopathology reporting systems: Milan (salivary), Bethesda (thyroid, cervical, urinary), Paris (urinary), Yokohama (breast), IAC Sydney (lymph node)
- Companion: Volume II — Genitourinary, Gynaecological, Breast, Soft Tissue, Bone, CNS, Lymphoreticular

About the author: Vishal Tayade is Assistant Professor of Pathology at Grant Government Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai. He trained in oncopathology at Tata Memorial Centre and holds Part 1 of the FRCPath. His research and teaching span haematopathology, molecular diagnostics, and surgical pathology.