Essentials of Anatomic Pathology

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Summary: Some useful tables, but a very boring read
Review: Billed as a overall review book for anatomic pathology, this book is a snore. I will say there are many chapters with useful summary tables and the information contained is for the most part up to date and accurate. However, the outline format is monotonous and laborious to read, there are no images, there is no index at the end, there are rarely percentages by immunohistochemical stains, and there is no use of bold or italics to highlight what is really important in the text. This book has the overall feeling of an amateur writing team which I suspect most residents and practicing pathologists will not find very useful.

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Summary: Solid outline-format review of anatomic pathology
Review: This is one of several outlines available for purchase in book form covering anatomic pathology. Essentially, what you are purchasing is a nice set of review notes for boards preparation. This multiauthor book like all texts has some chapters that are stronger than others. Some authors (particuarly breast) have let their own classification schemes come out--for better or worse (but a book like this just doesn't have room for lengthy debates on fine points). The chapters "essentially" follow Rosai's textbook, and the strongest asset is it's numerous tables. Expensive, but I think it's better than its direct competitors.