Diagnostic Pathology: Blood and Bone Marrow, 3rd Edition Third ed PDF

Preface

The field of nonneoplastic and neoplastic blood and bone marrow disorders has evolved remarkably
since the publication of the second edition of Diagnostic Pathology: Blood and Bone Marrow in 2018.
The goal of the author team for this third edition is to provide our readers with a current diagnostic
resource for all types of blood and bone marrow specimens that integrates advances in genetic
testing and other new diagnostic modalities with state-of-the-art classification proposals.
Although readers may be quite aware of new classification proposals for blood and bone marrow
neoplasms, the approach to the identification and diagnosis of nonneoplastic blood and bone
marrow disorders has also progressed substantially since 2018. Multiple new chapters have been
added, and all existing chapters have been revised to enhance the utility of this book in routine
clinical practice settings.
To accommodate the preferences of trainees and practitioners, both the International Consensus
Classification (ICC) and the fifth edition World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid
Tumours (WHO-HAEM5) proposals are applied to classification strategies for all myeloid, lymphoid,
and histiocytic neoplasms included in this book. For standardization and consistency, neoplastic
chapter titles reflect ICC designations and terminology. In individual chapters, either text sections
or tables have been created to provide comparisons and key features of both ICC and WHO-HAEM5
proposals.
Although the authoring process took ~ 18 months, both neoplastic and nonneoplastic chapters
were updated and revised up until the publication deadline. Consequently, the reader can expect
to find very recent citations and text updates in virtually all chapters. Most high-quality, exemplary
images from the second edition have been retained, with new images for newly included disorders
and unique examples of existing disorders.
Our goal is to provide the full gamut of physicians, from trainees to experienced practitioners, with
a succinct diagnostic guide that includes disease features, classification criteria, diagnostic testing
requirements, and differential diagnostic considerations for the ~ 180 individual entities or overview
chapters included in this book.