Biopsy diagnosis of the digestive tract (Biopsy interpretation series)

Enlarged to two volumes totalling nearly 900 pages, this second edition aims to cover all that is currently known about the biopsy diagnosis of diseases of the digestive tract. Second edition highlights include: the latest techniques for the detection of diseases in virtually all parts of the digestive tract; descriptions of early pathologic changes leading to recognition of disease states in small, often poorly oriented specimens; instruction on the exact localization, extent, and natural history of conditions such as esophagitis, chronic gastritis, duodenitis, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis; and coverage of early forms of neoplasia, including carcinomas of the colon and stomach as well as esophageal carcinomas and digestive tract lymphomas. Each chapter is devoted to a different segment of the digestive tract and treats the segment's full complement of diseases until the diagnosis of the entire digestive tract is covered. Also included in this edition are the various aspects of AIDS-related and other immunocompromised host-related digestive tract diseases.