Progress in Pathology: Volume 7

Nigel Kirkham is Consultant Dermatopathologist in the Department of Cellular Pathology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne. Neil Shepherd is Consultant Histopathologist at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester.

Progress in Pathology reviews many aspects of pathology, describing issues of everyday diagnostic relevance and the mechanisms underlying some of these processes. Each volume in the series reviews a wide range of topics and recent advances in pathology of relevance to daily practice, keeping consultants, trainees, laboratory staff and researchers abreast of developments as well as providing candidates for the MRCPath and other examinations with answers to some of the questions they will encounter. Highly illustrated in full colour, topics covered in this volume include: Immunohistochemistry as a diagnostic aid in gynaecological pathology, Drug induced liver injury, Childhood lymphoma, Immune responses to tumours, Post-mortem imaging, Understanding the Human Tissue Act 2004 and much more. Volume 7 of Progress in Pathology will be an essential addition to the shelves and laboratory benches of every practising pathologist.

Progress in Pathology reviews many aspects of pathology, describing issues of everyday diagnostic relevance and the mechanisms underlying some of these processes. Each volume in the series reviews a wide range of topics and recent advances in pathology of relevance to daily practice, providing concise summaries of the latest advances in modern pathology. Progress in Pathology will keep consultants, trainees, laboratory staff and researchers abreast of developments and provide candidates for the MRCPath and other examinations with answers to some of the questions they will encounter.

1. The microbiological investigation of sudden unexpected death in infancy J. A. Morris; 2. An overview of childhood lymphoma J. Gupta and K. McCarthy; 3. Assessment of the brain in the hospital consented autopsy W. Stewart and S. F. D. Robinson; 4. The value of immunohistochemistry as a diagnostic aid in gynaecological pathology W. G. McCluggage; 5. The role of the pathologist in the diagnosis of cardiomyopathy: a personal view Sian E. Hughes; 6. Metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown origin Karin A. Oien, Jayne L. Dennis and T. R. Jeffry Evans; 7. Immune responses to tumours: current concepts and applications Elizabeth J. Soilleux; 8. Post-mortem imaging - an update Richard Jones; 9. Understanding the Human Tissue Act 2004 Victoria Elliot and Adrian Bateman; 10. The multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting and the role of pathology Sanjiv Manek and Bryan F. Warren; 11. Drug induced liver injury Susan E. Davies and Clare Craig.