Main description:

Dail and Hammar's Pulmonary Pathology has established itself as the definitive reference in the field. This third edition is now a two-volume, full color text and has been thoroughly updated to cover newly recognized entities and the latest advances in molecular diagnostic techniques. It is abundantly illustrated with more than 2,000 illustrations in total, 1,900 of which are in full color. This first volume focuses on Nonneoplastic lung diseases, and Volume II covers Neoplastic Lung Diseases. It is an outstanding contribution to pathology literature and a must-have for the library of every surgical and pulmonary pathologist.

Contents:

Tissue Procurement, Sampling, and Preparation.- Anatomy and Histology of the Lung.- Lung Defenses.- Acute Lung Injury.- Aspiration, Bronchial Obstruction, Bronchiectasis, and Related Disorders.- Congenital and Developmental Diseases.- Acquired Nonneoplastic Neonatal and Pediatric Diseases.- Bacterial Infections.- Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections.- Fungal Infections.- Viral Infections of the Lung.- Mycoplasmal, Chlamydial, Rickettsial, and Ehrlichial Pneumonias.- Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia.- Parasitic Infections.- Asthma and Related Eosinophilic Infiltrates.- Histiocytosis and Storage Diseases.- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis).- Sarcoidosis.- Interstitial Pneumonias.- Collagen Vascular Diseases and Disorders of Connective Tissue.- Endogenous Mineralization, Inclusions, and Deposition Disorders.- Drug and Radiation Toxicity.- Transplantation Pathology.- Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis.- Pathology of Small Airways.- Pneumoconioses, Mineral and Vegetable.- Asbestos.- Pulmonary Vascular Disease.- Vasculitis.- Nonneoplastic Pleural Disease.- Forensic Lung Pathology.