Oppenheimer's Diagnostic Neuropathology: A Practical ManualOppenheimers Diagnostic Neuropathology, A Practical Manual has become a modern classic in its field, covering the practical aspects of the work of the neuropathologist. Full of sensible advice and observations often omitted from neuropathology texts, it guides the neuropathologist through the methods available to them when facing diagnostic questio |
Contents
1 The post mortem | 1 |
2 The cutup | 15 |
3 Histology | 57 |
4 Biopsies | 85 |
5 Injuries | 111 |
6 Hemorrhages | 127 |
7 Infarctionhypoxia | 143 |
8 Pyogenic infections and granulomas | 163 |
16 Hydrocephalus cysts and syrinxes | 355 |
17 Malformations | 365 |
18 Epilepsy | 387 |
19 Pediatric and fetal neuropathology | 397 |
20 Metabolic diseases | 415 |
21 Intoxications and nutritional diseases of the nervous system | 439 |
22 Diseases of peripheral nerves | 455 |
23 Muscle | 467 |
9 Encephalitis and Myelitis | 181 |
10 Multiple sclerosis | 211 |
11 Spaceoccupying lesions | 223 |
12 Intrinsic tumors | 233 |
13 Extrinsic tumors | 271 |
14 Neurodegeneration | 305 |
15 Dementia | 329 |
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Oppenheimer's Diagnostic Neuropathology: A Practical Manual Margaret Esiri,Waney Squier,Daniel Perl Limited preview - 2006 |
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abnormal acute Alzheimer’s disease aneurysm antibodies antigen appearance areas associated astrocytes astrocytoma atrophy axons basal ganglia biopsy blood brain stem carcinoma carotid cause cerebellar cerebellum cerebral artery cerebral cortex cerebral hemispheres cervical Chapter clinical corpus callosum cortical cysts cytoplasm damage degeneration dementia demyelination diagnosis diffuse disorders edema encephalitis encephalopathy ependymoma epilepsy examination Figure frontal glial gliosis gray matter gyrus H&E stain hematoxylin hemorrhage herniation hippocampus histological hydrocephalus immunostaining infarction infection inflammatory involvement lateral ventricles leptomeninges lesions macrophages malformation malignant medulla meningiomas meningitis microscopic motor neuron muscle fibers myelin myopathy necrosis nervous system neurofibrillary tangles neuronal loss neuropathology neuropathy normal nuclei occur Parkinson’s disease pathologist pathology patients peripheral nerves Pick’s disease pituitary plaques post mortem posterior protein sclerosis sections seen sensory slices specimen spinal cord substantia nigra syndrome thalamus tissue tracts tumor tumor cells usually vascular vessels virus white matter