This groundbreaking resource offers practical coverage of the diagnosis of the full spectrum of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases and the traditional and modern modalities used to detect them. Its focus on pattern recognition and differential diagnosis provides clinicians with a modern and accessible approach for arriving at a specific and accurate diagnosis.

Features

Employs a pattern recognition strategy for morphologic evaluation
Over 1000 illustrations, with 800 in full colour
Discusses latest techniques in diagnosis of soft tissue tumours, as well as most recently reclassified tumours
Integrates molecular pathology and immunohistochemistry into each chapter.
Offers guidance in each chapter on which immunostains to use, as well as how to execute and interpret various blotting studies
Clarifies key histologic appearances using over 1,100 illustrations (over 800 in full color). These illustrations represent one of the finest collections of soft tissue pathology illustrations in the world
Features the expertise of renowned pathologist and Chairman of the Department of Soft Tissue Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Markku M. Miettinen, MD

Introduction, Tumor Grading and Staging
Radiologic Evaluation of Soft Tissue Tumors
Immunohistochemistry of Soft Tissue Tumors
Genetics of Soft Tissue Tumors
Benign Fibroblastic Tumors
Fibroblastic Tumors of Childhood
Malignant Fibroblastic Tumors
Benign Fibroblastic Tumors
Liposarcoma
Smooth Muscle Tumors
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Stromal Tumors of the Genital Tract
Rhabdomyoma and Rhabdomyosarcoma
Vascular Tumors
Nerve Sheath Tumors
Neuroectodermal and Neural Tumors
Cartilaginous and Osseous Tumors of Soft Tissue
Small, Round Cell Tumors
Soft tissue Tumors with Epithelial Differentiation
Soft tissue Tumors of Unknown Histogenesis
Lymphoid and Histiocytic Proliferations of Soft Tissue