By

• Elizabeth A Montgomery MD Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
• Lysandra Voltaggio MD George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC

Gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies are an active part of the pathologist’s day and have increased in the past few years as endoscopic screening has become more commonplace. This new full-color Second Edition of Biopsy Interpretation of the Gastrointestinal Tract Mucosa has been expanded into two concise, comprehensive volumes to offer more complete coverage of both non-neoplastic and neoplastic entities. Like the other books in the Biopsy Interpretation Series, these volumes are practical references for pathologists to use when making diagnostic decisions based on biopsy specimens.

Volume 1 of this Second Edition focuses on interpretation of non-neoplastic gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies. Coverage is geared to daily practice and includes mucosal biopsies from the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and anus. A companion website will include all of the 300 print illustrations plus an additional 750 e-figures.

Volume 2 will focus on neoplastic biopsies and will publish in March 2012.

Key Features

• A practical guide and bench reference for the interpretation of non-neoplastic gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies
• A quick, convenient , compact reference addressing both common and unusual issues that arise in the day-to-day interpretation of gastrointestinal biopsies
• Part of a complete two-volume set devoted exclusively to gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies, which form the majority of the samples that are reviewed by practicing pathologists and trainees
• Now in full color
• More complete coverage of entities left out of the first edition, which was one volume
• Companion website with over 1,000 illustrations (300 from the book + 750 e-figures) and 50 self-test questions