TEXTBOOK AND COLOR ATLAS OF SALIVARY GLAND PATHOLOGY. DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT

Description:

"Textbook and Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management" provides its readers with a new, landmark text/atlas of this important discipline within oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and general surgery. Written by well-established clinicians, educators, and researchers in oral and maxillofacial surgery, this book brings together information on the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of all types of salivary gland pathology. Clear and comprehensive, the "Textbook and Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology" offers complete explanation of all points, supported by a wealth of clinical and surgical illustrations to allow the reader to gain insight into every facet of each pathology and its diagnosis and treatment."Textbook and Atlas of Salivary Gland Pathology: Diagnosis and Management" aims to offer comprehensive coverage of all aspects of this topic. Beginning with the embryology, anatomy and physiology of the salivary glands, the first half of the book goes on to discuss radiographic imaging, infections, cystic conditions, sialoadenitis and sialolithiasis, and systemic diseases. The second half of the book is devoted to the classification of salivary gland tumors and devotes individual chapters to the discussion of each type. The book closes with a discussion of the miscellaneous pathologic processes of the salivary gland, including a section on saliva as a diagnostic fluid.The book is intended for a very diverse audience, including academic oral and maxillofacial surgeons, otolaryngologists/head and neck surgeons, general surgeons, as well as residents in these disciplines. Private practitioners will want to place this publication on the bookshelves of their offices so as to consult the text/atlas when evaluating a patient with salivary gland pathology.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Surgical anatomy, embryology and physiology of the salivary glands.Chapter 2: Diagnostic imaging of salivary gland pathology.Chapter 3: Infections of the Salivary Glands.Chapter 4: Cysts of the Salivary Glands.Chapter 5: Sialolithiasis.Chapter 6: Systemic diseases affecting the salivary glands.Chapter 7: Classification, Grading and Staging of Salivary Gland Tumors.Chapter 8: Parotid Tumors.Chapter 9: Tumors of the submandibular and sublingual glands.Chapter 10: Minor salivary gland tumors.Chapter 11: Non-salivary tumors of the salivary glands.Chapter 12: Trauma and injuries to the salivary glands.Chapter 13: Miscellaneous pathologic processes of the salivary glands

Author Biography:

Eric Carlson is Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine and also Director of the Head and Neck Service at the University of Tennessee Cancer Institute. Robert Ord is Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System and Head of the Oncology Section of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. The authors are well-established clinicians, educators, and researchers in oral and maxillofacial surgery. They have devoted their careers to the practice of oral and head and neck surgery and serve to educate their national and international audiences on the diagnosis and management of pathologic entities of these areas. Their literature in the areas of the diagnosis and management of salivary gland pathology has been widely quoted in the scientific literature.