Surgical Pathology of the Nervous System and Its Coverings

By Peter C. Burger and F. Stephen Burger, Peter C.; And Vogel

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.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.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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443065063
• ISBN13: 9780443065064
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable and informative

It's well written that you enjoy every word of it and gain lots of information. It's the best for a resident to understand the world of surgical neuropathology.

Great diagnostic help

The 4th edition is even better than the previous ones. Clear, precise, well illustrated, and incorporating all the lattest information.