HISTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF TUMOURS BY PATTERN ANALY

This is a guide through the maze of differing cell structures which make up various tumour types. It is divided into three sections: section one defines patterns or sub-patterns, and lists the entities belonging to each part; section two provides an A to Z list of tumour and tumour-like conditions; and section three serves as a system index with lists of entities belonging to each pattern or sub-pattern. The text provides an analytical rather than purely comparative approach to histological diagnosis.

Tumours and tumour-like conditions with spindle cell pattern. Round cell tumours. Giant cell tumours. Solid epithelioid tumours. Tumours with mixed epithelial or epithelioid and mesenchymal components. Tumours with multiple mesenchymal components. Myxoid tumours. Tumours with a prominent vascular component. Bone and cartilage forming tumours. Pigment containing tumours. Glandular tumours. Infiltrates. Miscellaneous tumours.