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This book provides, for the first time, a detailed, up-to-date, holistic approach to the pathology and biology of germ cell tumors. The main focus is the complex histopathology of these tumors, but special considerations are also given to their morphologic variations in relation to age, gender and organ. Critical updates are provided on terminology and classification; the discussion of biology and pathogenesis includes references to many molecular genetic and immunohistochemical findings from recent stem cell research. Individual chapters are devoted to germ cell tumors at different anatomic locations, including not only the ovaries and testes but also the mediastinum and central nervous system, and pediatric tumors. All of the contributing authors are opinion leaders from universities of excellence in Europe and the United States. This monograph will be of wide interest to practitioners and researchers in many fields of medicine, including pathology, gynecology, urology, and pediatrics, as well as stem cell scientists.

Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice is the sixth monograph to appear in the now established and flourishing Bloomsbury Series in Clinical Science. Written by a distinguished authority in the field, the book gives a comprehensive and detailed description of parasitic infections and their clinical consequences. Such infections are no longer confined to tropical parts of the world and now have a widespread distribution. Rapid advances are being made in understanding their epidemiology and in diagnosing and treating particular infections. Current literature is largely directed to the parasites, their characteristics and their isolation; a clinical review is clearly needed. This has now been provided, for the author's stated objective is to'inculcate a greater awareness, understanding and appreciation of human parastic disease in the minds of all clinicians'. London, March 1990 Jack Tinker Preface Homo sapiens has always existed in a finely balanced equilibrium with a great diversity of infective agents, almost all of them of great antiquity. Many must have exerted a profound effect on the evolution of the human genome. While the average physician is usually aware of potentially pathogenic viruses, bacteria (and rickettsia), and to a lesser extent fungi, hislher knowledge of protozoan and helminthic infections is frequently imperfect and often rudimentary.

Der vorliegende Band „Verdauungstrakt und Peritoneum“ enthält die Pathologie des Ösophagus, Magens, Dünndarms und des Kolorektums. Die Verfasser sind renommierte gastroenterologische Pathologen. Die Beiträge folgen in ihrer Didaktik und Gestaltung dem Text der vorausgegangenen Auflagen. Ziel ist es, die Pathologie der Erkrankungen des Gastrointestinaltrakts verbunden mit Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, Pathogenese, Genetik, Klinik und Endoskopie darzustellen. Dem praktizierenden Pathologen soll damit ein Instrument an die Hand gegeben werden, das ihn schnell und adäquat diagnostisch berät und auch über den „seltenen Fall“ informiert. Da die Beiträge die morphologischen und differentialdiagnostischen Probleme im Zusammenhang mit den wichtigsten klinisch-diagnostischen Informationen darstellen, ist dieses Buch nicht nur für Assistenzärzte in der Weiterbildung zum Pathologen oder Fachärzte für Pathologie, sondern auch für Studenten, Gastroenterologen, Internisten und Viszeralchirurgen sehr attraktiv.

CT, contrast CT, MRI, functional MRI, SPECT, CTA, and x-ray as tools to identify pathogens and diagnose intracranial infections are presented. Topics include: Epidemiology of Central Nervous System Infections; Imaging of Cranial Meningitis and Ventriculitis; Encephalitis, Cerebritis and Brain Abscess; Imaging of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis; Imaging of Rickettsial, Spirochetal, and Parasitic Infections; Imaging of Neurocysticercosis; Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System; Central Nervous System Infections in the Pediatric Population; Imaging of Infectious Diseases of Spine; Neuropathological Findings in Intracranial Infections; Neurosurgical Approach to Infectious Disease of the Brain; Head and Neck Infections.