Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach (Hardcover)

A volume in the popular Pattern Recognition Series, Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach features completely updated and reorganized content, resulting in a truly practical guide to understanding liver pathology. Dr. Romil Saxena presents interpretation of liver biopsies according to a pattern-based approach that begins with recognition of the predominant histological pattern of injury, followed by identification of secondary features and appropriate work-up that lead you away from pitfalls to the best diagnosis.

• Unique "visual index" at the beginning of the book references the exact chapter and specific page needed for in-depth diagnostic guidance
• Superb, high-quality, full-color images illustrate pathognomonic features and common variations
• Features comprehensive information on major adult and childhood liver diseases, hepatic neoplasms and pre-neoplastic nodules, including clinical features, laboratory tests, imaging findings and differential diagnosis
• Coverage of the clinical aspects of liver transplantation allows you to understand the pathology and practice of this procedure

Dr. Romil Saxena is Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of the Liver Pathology Service, and Director of the Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA. Dr. Saxena completed fellowships in Liver Pathology at King’s College Hospital, London, Liver Pathology and Gene Therapy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC and in Gastrointestinal Pathology at Yale University Medical Center. She has previously served on the faculty of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis. Dr. Saxena has taught numerous courses, and given invited talks and lectures globally on liver pathology and liver diseases. She is the author of 150 articles and numerous textbook chapters on liver diseases, including in the 4th and 5th editions of the WHO Classification of Tumors of the Digestive System, and the debut volume on WHO Classification of Pediatric Tumors. She is the editor of Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach, a popular textbook on liver pathology published by Elsevier, currently in its second edition. She has served, by invitation, on the WHO working group for classification of liver tumors, and as guest editor for an issue of Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology on Liver tumors.