This latest edition of Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas, for which no Spanish translation is available, is a greatly improved book that is essential and indispensable for medical residents of anatomic pathology, general pathology or subspecialties in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and bile duct. Moreover, it is also useful for other specialists who treat digestive system disorders.
As it is a book about pathology, it mainly deals with the histopathologic diagnosis of diseases but, at the same time, it correlates the diagnoses with symptoms, treatment and prognosis, while attempting to link the information necessary to make a correct diagnosis. Like its previous editions, the book provides useful updated information about diagnostic algorithms, additional tests, differential diagnoses and molecular techniques, including thousands of high-quality illustrations and images, diagrams and tables, which make the book very visual and practical.
The Editors are Robert D. Odze, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Gastrointestinal Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and John R. Goldblum, MD, FCAP, FASCP, FACG, Chair of the Department of Anatomic Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic and Professor of Pathology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Collaborating with them in this book are another 80 internationally renowned specialists in gastrointestinal pathology.
Like the previous edition, the book is organised into 3 parts (gastrointestinal tract; bile duct including gallbladder, bile ducts and pancreas; and the liver). Each part is divided into different general sections: general involvement, inflammatory processes, benign epithelial lesions, malignant epithelial lesions, non-epithelial tumour lesions, and each section is comprised of specific chapters. It should be mentioned that there are 8 new chapters of general interest, including: autoimmune disease of the gastrointestinal tract, drug-related diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, molecular diagnosis of bowel neoplasms, molecular diagnosis of the gallbladder, extrahepatic biliary tree and pancreatic tumours, ampullary tumours, molecular diagnosis of hepatic neoplasias, the diagnostic algorithm in liver biopsies and in biopsies of the gastrointestinal tract. Furthermore, the information in this version has been completely updated, using internationally accepted nomenclature, so its utility is universal and based on consensus.
Another relevant detail is that there is an online version of the original edition, which is accessed through the StudentConsult® webpage with a code printed inside the cover. This webpage provides access to the entire text, images, tables and algorithms present in the book.
In conclusion, this textbook provides updated information for all digestive system pathologies in a clear, intelligible and concise format.
Please cite this article as: Iglesias M. Surgical Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas. Tercera edición de la versión inglesa. Cir Esp. 2016;94:60.
