Bookedited by Eduardo Santini-Araujo, Ricardo K. Kalil, Franco Bertoni, Yong-Koo Park.
Summary: This updated second edition of a successful book provides essential, internationally applicable information in the area of bone and joint pathology with emphasis on practical diagnostic aspects, including many illustrations: roentgenograms, CT-scans, MRI, scintigraphies, as well as pictures of gross surgical specimens and microphotographs, immunohistochemical reactions and genomics. Information on histopathological and molecular diagnosis, and basic therapeutic guidelines are provided. This book offers generous coverage of epidemiology, clinical features, radiology, pathology, differential diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, not only for common lesions, but also for those less frequently encountered, including lesions of joints. The content is arranged based on the World Health Organization's Consensus Classification, with the addition of other lesions not included therein. Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Bone provides day-to-day assistance to general and specialized surgical pathologists, radiologists, orthopedic, head and neck and dental surgeons, oncologists and rheumatologists. .
Contents:
Part I Introduction
Practical Approach to the Diagnosis of Bone Tumors
Special Clinical Aspects of Certain Bone Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions
An Imaging Approach to Bone Tumors
Methods of Bone Biopsy
Basic and Ancillary Techniques in Bone Pathology
Grading and Staging
Basic Guidelines on the Oncologic Treatment of Malignant Tumors of Bone
Surgical Treatment of Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of Bone
Part II Bone-Forming Tumors
Medullary Osteoma
Parosteal Osteoma
Osteoid Osteoma
Osteoblastoma
Conventional Central Osteosarcoma
Parosteal Osteosarcoma
Periosteal Osteosarcoma
High-Grade Surface Osteosarcoma
Part III Cartilage-Forming Tumors
Enchondroma
Multiple Enchondromatosis (Ollier's Disease)
Periosteal Chondroma
Osteochondroma
Multiple Osteochondromatosis
Chondroblastoma
Chondromyxoid Fibroma
Chondrosarcoma
Chondrosarcoma Variants
Part IV Giant Cell Tumor
Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
Part V Round Cell Tumors
Ewing's Sarcoma Family of Tumors
Lymphoma of Bone
Myeloma
Part VI Fibrous Tumors
Desmoplastic Fibroma of Bone
Fibrosarcoma of Bone
Part VII Fibrohistiocytic Tumors
Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone
Part VIII Vascular Tumors
Hemangioma
Epithelioid Hemangioma
Glomus Tumor
Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
Angiosarcoma
Part IX Adamantinoma
Adamantinoma
Part X Notochordal Tumors
Benign Notochordal Cell Tumor
Chordoma
Part XI Leiomyosarcoma
Leiomyosarcoma of Bone
Part XII Adipocytic Tumors
Lipoma of Bone
Liposarcoma of Bone
Part XIII Neurogenic Tumors
Schwannoma of Bone
Neurofibroma of Bone
Part XIV Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor
Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumor
Part XV Metastatic Carcinoma Involving Bone
Metastatic Bone Carcinoma. .