Garg Shipra. Pediatric pathology: a course review

CRC Press, 2017. — 399 p. — ISBN: 9781498723534.This course review book is an assimilation of the comprehensive, yet concise notes that I made for myself as a study guide for board exam preparation (during the year of my fellowship in pediatric pathology). Later, I supplemented those notes with the experience I gained during my 5 years of practice as a pediatric pathologist.
The pages that follow cover most of the major topics in pediatric pathology including the embryo, fetal, perinatal, infant and child developmental organ system, and pediatric hematopathology. A chapter on selected topics of pediatric blood transfusion and coagulation is enclosed. Readers will find two separate glossaries embodied in the book (one each for developmental and organ system pathology), which provides alphabetically arranged important terminology with explanations. In addition, I have included a self-assessment section with a quiz containing 115 select cases in anatomic and hematopathology with photomicrographs for each. The correct diagnosis appears at the end of each question. These are mostly spot diagnoses and will help in preparation for the glass slides and the practical part of the examination.
This book is in an outline format, and while by no means can it replace any of the existing excellent pathology textbooks, it is a good resource for pathologists in training, especially pediatric pathology fellows and residents in anatomic and hematopathology, who are preparing for their board examinations. It may also serve as a quick reference guide for pathologists in practice as well as for medical students who are interested in making pathology their career choice.
I have learned from my own personal experience that after you have studied the excellent textbooks in pediatric pathology over the year of your fellowship training, this review course can serve as an outstanding study guide during the last few weeks, days, and hours before the board exams. The handy size and the outline format help keep all the important facts and details fresh in the minds of young pathologists in training, especially during the long airplane journey, sometimes tedious airport delays, and the hotel stay, in the days preceding the board exams. Any feedback from readers is most welcome. Every effort has been made to keep the book as accurate and precise as possible; however, I would love to hear of important omissions or errors that have slipped into the text, so that together we can improve the quality of this material.