The Pancreas
The Pancreas Mariko Suchi, M.D., Ph.D. ORGANOGENESIS AND EXOCRINE HISTOGENESIS During week 4 of gestation, the ventral foregut gives rise to two pancreatic buds at the junction of the hepatic…
The Respiratory Tract
The Respiratory Tract Louis P. Dehner, M.D. J. Thomas Stocker, M.D. Haresh Mani, M.D. D. Ashley Hill, M.D. Aliya N. Husain, M.D. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LUNG The lung begins as…
The Male Reproductive System, Including Intersex Disorders
The Male Reproductive System, Including Intersex Disorders Hikmat A. Al-Ahmadie, M.D. Rohit Mehra, M.D. THE TESTIS Testicular Development and Disorders Normal sexual development and differentiation are the result of a…
The Cardiovascular System
The Cardiovascular System Ivan P. Moskowitz, M.D., Ph.D. Selene Koo, M.D., Ph.D. Aliya N. Husain, M.D. Kathleen Patterson, M.D. CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Incidence The heart, first recognizable…
The Nervous System
The Nervous System Christopher Dunham, M.D. Arie Perry, M.D. GENERAL NEUROPATHOLOGIC PROCESSES AND PRINCIPLES The practice of neuropathology demands an extensive knowledge of normal central nervous system (CNS) cytology and…
Pediatric Forensic Pathology
Pediatric Forensic Pathology Jonathan Eisenstat, M.D. INTRODUCTION Forensic pathology is the field of medicine that deals with the investigation of death utilizing the scientific method as it pertains to the…
The Placenta
The Placenta Raymond W. Redline, M.D. INTRODUCTION Perinatal pathology, the subdiscipline of pediatric pathology devoted to the study of abnormal pregnancy outcomes, is a dynamic specialty interfacing with obstetrician-gynecologists, neonatologists,…
Transplant Pathology
Transplant Pathology Rish K. Pai, M.D., Ph.D. Anthony Chang, M.D. Aliya N. Husain, M.D. Solid organ transplantation is the optimal mode of therapy for a variety of end-stage diseases, with…
Congenital and Acquired Systemic Infectious Diseases
Congenital and Acquired Systemic Infectious Diseases Haresh Mani, M.D. David Parham, M.D. Jennifer Dien Bard, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F.C.C.M. As it takes two to make a quarrel, so it takes two…
