Diagnostic Neuropathology Smears provides practical information on how to perform and interpret smears and use smears for diagnostic intraoperative neuropathology.

Diagnostic Neuropathology Smears covers most aspects of brain biopsies that require intraoperative or "frozen section" diagnosis, including:

• tumors
• non-neoplastic lesions
• infectious diseases
• metastases to the brain

The book also discusses more general aspects of smears, including their preparation and general interpretation. Emphasis is on the structural information about brain lesions supplied by the technique of smears, as well as the patterns of smears produced by different tumors. More than 200 full-colour illustrations complement the text.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Smear Technique
3. Smear Patterns
4. Reactive Lesions
5. Infectious Diseases
6. Infiltrative Gliomas
7. Other Glial Tumors
8. Neural and Primitive Tumors
9. Hematologic Tumors
10. Extra-Axial Tumors
11. Regional Tumors
12. Metastatic Tumors
13. Miscellanea

Appendix
Index

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