The 4th Edition of this outstanding diagnostic reference provides up-to-date, illustrated descriptions of the pathological entities that affect the central and peripheral nervous system, including all of the major lesions encountered in surgical neuropathology. It focuses on the diagnostic and differential diagnostic criteria for neoplastic, inflammatory, and infectious diseases, and the correlation of the clinical, radiological, and pathological features of each disease process.

Reviews

"...welcome are the high quality intra-operative views and the illustrations of neuroimaging findings, both of which will make the book relevant for neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and neuro-oncologists."
-- The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists

"...the single most useful book for anyone doing surgical neuropathology. You must find funds from your shrinking book budget to get this new edition. With it beside you, you should never be the source of any adverse events..."
-- The Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists

Features

Emphasizes anatomical considerations, helping readers study specimens based on anatomical positions and greatly facilitating the study of lesions.
Provides abundant illustrations, including photomicrographs, electron micrographs, and line drawings, all in full colour.

What's New

Two new chapters: (Ch. 5) The Brain-Stereotactically-Directed Needle Biopsy and (Ch. 6) The Brain-Surgery for Seizures.
Includes new or expanded coverage of infectious and inflammatory diseases, rare prion diseases and dementia.
Revises and updates the brain tumour section to include new entities and to detail the relation of brain tumours to the underlying molecular and pathogenetic features associated with these diseases.

Skull and Related Soft Tissues
Intracranial Meninges
The Brain - Inflammatory Disorders
The Brain - Tumors
The Brain - Stereotactically Directed Needle Biopsy
The Brain - Surgery for Seizures
The Brain - Vascular Disease
The Brain - Biopsy for Dementia
Region of the Sella Turcica
Spine and Epidural Space
Spinal Meninges, Spinal Nerve Roots, and Spinal Cord
12. Peripheral Nerve