Main description:

A comprehensive review of recent molecular discoveries that can clarify the pathophysiology of endocrine disease processes and contribute to the diagnostic aspects of endocrine pathology. Surgeons, medical oncologists, and radiation therapists discuss the treatment of endocrine disorders, especially tumors, with emphasis on differential diagnosis and on broadening the perspective that the endocrine pathologist must have in making specific tissue diagnoses. Of interest to practicing pathologists, pathology residents, endocrinologists, endocrinologists in training, veterinarians, and interested researchers.

Contents:

Methods in Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Paul Komminoth, Aurel A. Perren, Axel Walch, and Martin Werner

Hypothalamus and Neurohypophysis
Kazuhiro Takahashi, Osamu Murakami, and Toraichi Mouri

Tumors of the Adenohypophysis
Sergio Vidal, Eva Horvath, Kalman Kovacs, and Bernd W. Scheithauer

Recent Developments in Molecular Embryogenesis and Molecular Biology of the Pituitary
Robert Yoshiyuki Osamura and Noboru Egashira

Recent Developments in the Molecular Biology of Pituitary Tumors
Ricardo V. Lloyd

The Pineal Gland
M. Beatriz S. Lopes

The Parathyroid
H. Ruben Harach

Recent Developments in the Molecular Biology of the Parathyroid
Vania Nose and Ashraf Khan

Pathology of the Thyroid Gland
Ashraf Khan and Vania Nose

Recent Developments in the Molecular Biology of the Thyroid
Yuri E. Nikiforov

Adrenal Cortex
Hironobu Sasano, Takashi Suzuki, and Takuya Moriya

Adrenal Medulla and Paraganglia
Anne Marie McNicol. Endocrine Ovaries, Xavier Matias-Guiu, Juan J. Espinos, and Joaquim Calaf

Endocrine Testis
Robert E. Emerson, Liang Cheng, and Thomas M. Ulbright

Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal System
Guido Rindi, Silvia Pizzi, Tiziana D'Adda, and Cesare Bordi

The Endocrine Pancreas
Stefano La Rosa, Daniela Furlan, Fausto Sessa, and Carlo Capella

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Endocrine Glands
Anna B. O'Grady, Kristen A. Atkins, and Celeste N. Powers

Neuroendocrine Differentiation Patterns in Various Organs (Including Lung, Breast, Skin, and Urogenital Tract)
Marco Volante, Anna Sapino, Mauro Papotti, Donatella Pacchioni, and Gianni Bussolati

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
Toru Kameya, T. Tsukada, H. Futami, and K. Yamaguchi

Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndromes
Ricardo V.Lloyd

Surgical Management of Endocrine Disorders
Geoffrey B. Thompson

Medical Treatment of Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors
Timothy J. Hobday and Joseph Rubin

Radiation Treatment of Endocrine Tumors
Sunil Krishnan and Robert L. Foote

Future Directions in Endocrine Pathology
Ricardo V. Lloyd

Index