Prayson R.A., Cohen M.L. Practical differential diagnosis in surgical neuropathology

Humana Press, 2000. - 188 p.This well-organized guide to many of the more commonly encountered diagnostic problems in surgical neuropathology will serve as a day-to-day guide in most active pathology laboratories. The book focuses on the differential diagnosis of the most common neuropathologic entities encountered by general surgical pathologists. The authors go to great lengths to help readers with important diagnoses on very small amounts of tissue, or decide difficult situations where everything looks the same, or cope with intraoperative consultations when time is short and sample preparations are less than ideal. Richly detailed, Practical Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Neuropathology offers both general and specialist neuropathologists a user-friendly, decision-oriented guide to the major diagnostic problems in surgical neuropathology, one that will greatly facilitate successful day-to-day neuropathologic diagnosis, and thus the optimal care of patients.Intraoperative Consultation
Gliosis
Fibrillary Astrocytoma
Low-Grade Astrocytoma Variants
High-Grade Astrocytoma Variants
Radiation Change
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma
Oligodendroglioma
Mixed Gliomas
Ependymoma
Subependymoma
Myxopapillary Ependymoma
Central Neurocytoma
Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
Ganglioglioma and Ganglion Cell Tumors
Choroid Plexus Tumors
Meningioma
Meningeal Sarcoma
Hemangioblastoma
Central Nervous System Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors
Pineal Region Tumors
Pituitary Gland Lesions
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Schwannoma
Benign Epithelial Lesions - Craniopharyngiomas and Cysts
Melanocytic Lesions
Paraganglioma
Chordoma
Tumor-Like Demyelinating Lesion
Vascular Malformations
Central Nervous System Vasculitis
Granulomatous Inflammation
Meningitis, Abscess, and Encephalitis