Gross Pathology Handbook

A Guide to Descriptive Terms

Author: Christopher Horn and Christopher Naugler

is an excellent resource for students, teachers and those at the gross bench alike. This comprehensive collection of gross images with their corresponding descriptive text really delivers. Additional information on the tissue type affected, common etiology and sample gross descriptions make it practical and easy to use. It should be a well-thumbed, permanent feature in every gross lab and on the desk of anyone who ever has to read a pathology report.

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The updated second edition of this highly practical guide helps pathology professionals quickly and accurately describe surgical and autopsy specimens as they perform gross dissection. It also helps clinicians and medical students interpret pathology reports with ease and precision.Gross Pathology Handbook provides a comprehensive list of 171 gross descriptive terms paired with images of gross specimens, including five new listings for the second edition. Each listing includes a brief commentary describing the gross appearance, the underlying disease process and commonly affected tissues.Christopher Horn and Dr. Christopher Naugler lay the framework for a standardized method of description, resulting in easier interpretation of reports by clinicians and improved communication among healthcare providers.

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Gross Pathology Handbook fills a much needed niche for a reference of terms and examples in gross dissection of autopsy and surgical pathology specimens. This exceptionally illustrated reference is invaluable to pathology laboratories, students, pathologist assistants, and residents, as they build detailed and precise specimen descriptions, the foundation of an accurate diagnosis. - Ivan Chebib, MD, Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital Gross Pathology Handbook is an excellent resource for students, teachers and those at the gross bench alike. This comprehensive collection of gross images with their corresponding descriptive text really delivers. Additional information on the tissue type affected, common etiology and sample gross descriptions make it practical and easy to use. It should be a well-thumbed, permanent feature in every gross lab and on the desk of anyone who ever has to read a pathology report. - Sarah James, Senior Pathologists' Assistant, University Health Network, Toronto

About the Author

Christopher Horn, MSc, PA(ASCP)CM is a Pathologists' Assistant at Calgary Laboratory Services, where he has performed surgical gross dissection and autopsy services since 1999, and a Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Calgary. Christopher Naugler, MD, FRCPC, is Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary, and the Zone Clinical Section Chief of General Pathology with Calgary Laboratory Services.