Histology and Histochemical Stains Kevin Selle I. RECEIPT, ACCESSIONING, AND GROSS DISSECTION. Most, if not all, biopsies and large tissue specimens are routed to the pathology laboratory. Under normal circumstances,…
Frozen Sections and Other Intraoperative Consultations Michael E. Hull Peter A. Humphrey John D. Pfeifer I. INTRODUCTION. Intraoperative consultations fall into two general categories. Microscopic consultations, usually performed as frozen…
Metabolic Diseases of Bone Deborah Novack I. NORMAL ANATOMY. Because of its accessibility and composition of both cortical and trabecular (cancellous) bone, the iliac crest is the site of choice…
General Principles of Cytopathology Brian Collins I. INTRODUCTION. Cytopathology has developed into a discipline that examines cellular elements from throughout the body collected by a wide variety of methods and…
Joints and Synovium Peter A. Humphrey I. NORMAL ANATOMY. Joints are composed of the ends of contiguous bones and the associated soft tissue elements, including cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and synovium….
Bone Neoplasms and Other Nonmetabolic Disorders Omar Hameed Michael J. Klein I. NORMAL MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY. The bones are composed of compact bone, which is derived from intramembranous ossification, and coarse…
Retroperitoneum Catalina Amador-Ortiz Louis P. Dehner John D. Pfeifer I. NORMAL ANATOMY. The retroperitoneal space (in some respects a virtual space) is located between the posterior parietal peritoneum and the…
Soft Tissue John D. Pfeifer Louis P. Dehner If the term “soft tissue” were restricted to only mesodermally derived structures, then nerves and neural tumors would not be considered in…
Lymph Nodes Anjum Hassan Friederike Kreisel I. NORMAL ANATOMY. Lymph nodes are the most widely distributed collections of lymphoid tissue within the lymphoreticular system, which also includes the thymus, tonsils,…
