Diagnostic Pathology: A Clinical Approach (American Medical Publishers) by Terence Glover (Contributor)
Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Medical Publishers (March 1, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
FORMAT ‏ : ‎ ORIGINAL PDF/PRINT REPLICA
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639274162
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639274161

Medical pathology is a branch of medicine that focuses on understanding diseases. It involves studying the causes (etiology), mechanisms of development (pathogenesis), structural changes (morphological changes), and functional consequences of diseases1. Pathologists, who are medical doctors specializing in this field, use various techniques to examine tissues, organs, and bodily fluids to diagnose and understand diseases23.

Pathology is divided into two main areas:

Anatomic Pathology: This involves examining organs and tissues, including biopsies and autopsies.
Clinical Pathology: This focuses on analyzing bodily fluids like blood and urine3.
Pathologists play a crucial role in diagnosing diseases, guiding treatment decisions, and monitoring patient progress. A disease diagnosis can be determined through the gross, immunologic, chemical, microscopic, and molecular examination of tissues, organs, and entire bodies. Additionally, laboratory analyses of blood, urine, and tissue extracts or homogenates can also establish a diagnosis.Certain diseases may require diagnosis at the cellular level, such as certain inflammatory and infectious diseases, cancer, diseases involving sterile body cavities and thyroid lesions. This book discusses the fundamentals as well as modern approaches of diagnostic pathology. It unfolds the innovative aspects of pathology which will be crucial for the progress of this field in the future. This book aims to equip students and experts with the advanced topics and upcoming concepts in this area.