Practical Pathology of Serous Membranes

List of contributors; Preface; 1. The mesothelium: embryology, anatomy and biology Thomas Krausz and Stephanie McGregor; 2. Classification of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions of the serosal surfaces Alberto M. Marchevsky; 3. Multi-modality imaging of pleural and peritoneal disease Jane Cunningham and Ritu R. Gill; 4. Processing of pleural and peritoneal biopsies Francoise Galateau-Salle; 5. Cytology of pleural and peritoneal lesions Shikha Bose; 6. Surgical pathology of non-neoplastic conditions of the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum A. Valeria Arrossi and Fadi Abdul-Karim; 7. Surgical pathology of benign lesions of mesothelial origin Aliya N. Husain and Marina Ivanovic; 8. Epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis of malignant mesothelioma Alberto M. Marchevsky; 9. Pathologic 'markers' of above background asbestos exposure Allen Gibbs; 10. Molecular aspects of malignant mesothelioma and other tumors of the pleura and peritoneum Sanja Dacic; 11. Pathology of malignant mesothelioma Alberto. M. Marchevsky, Francoise Galateau-Salle, Lucian Chirieac and Aliya N. Husain; 12. Surgical treatment of pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma Sean C. Wightman, Eugene A. Choi and Wickii T. Vigneswaran; 13. Non-surgical treatment of malignant mesothelioma Manuel Fernández-Bruno, Silvia Fernández, Macarena González, Jordi Remon and Pilar Lianes; 14. Primary carcinoma of the pleura and peritoneum Bonnie Balzer; 15. Lymphoid malignancies of the pleura and peritoneum Richard Attanoos; 16. Mesenchymal and other unusual tumors of the pleura and peritoneum Nicole A. Ciprani and Peter Pytel.