Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach

Romil Saxena, MD, FRCPath, is a practicing surgical pathologist with specialization in liver and gastrointestinal pathology. She serves as Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology. Dr. Saxena completed fellowships in Liver Pathology and Gene Therapy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY; in Liver Pathology at King's College Hospital, London; and in Gastrointestinal Pathology at Yale University Medical Center. Dr. Saxena is the author of over a hundred articles and several textbook chapters on liver and gastrointestinal diseases

• SECTION I: BASIC CONCEPTS IN LIVER PATHOLOGY 1 Microscopic Anatomy, Basic Terms, and Elemental Lesions SECTION II: CLINICAL, LABORATORY, AND RADIOLOGIC FEATURES OF LIVER DISEASE 2 Clinical Features of Liver Disease 3 Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease 4 Investigative Imaging of the Liver SECTION III: LIVER DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD 5 Liver Diseases of Childhood SECTION IV: METABOLIC DISEASES OF THE LIVER 6 Medical Genetics and Biochemistry in Diagnosis and Management 7 Histologic Patterns of Metabolic Liver Diseases 8 Liver in Wilson Disease 9 Liver Disease in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency 10 Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis 11 Liver Disease in Iron Overload 12 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease SECTION V: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE LIVER 13 Acute Viral Hepatitis 14 Hepatitis B 15 Hepatitis C 16 Chronic Hepatitis: Grading and Staging 17 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of the Liver 18 Nonviral Infections of the Liver SECTION VI: GRANULOMATOUS DISEASES OF THE LIVER 19 Hepatic Granulomas: Differential Diagnosis 20 Hepatic Sarcoidosis SECTION VII: AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS 21 Autoimmune Hepatitis and Overlap Syndromes SECTION VIII: DRUG- AND TOXIN-INDUCED LIVER INJURY 22 Metabolism of Drugs and Xenobiotics 23 Liver Injury Due to Drugs and Herbal Agents 24 Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease SECTION IX: DISORDERS OF THE BILE DUCTS, BILE FORMATION, AND SECRETION 25 Fibrocystic Liver Diseases 26 Primary Biliary Cholangitis 27 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 28 Loss of Intrahepatic Bile Ducts 29A Intrahepatic Cholestasis: Molecular Physiology of Bile Formation and Secretion 29B Intrahepatic Cholestasis: Diseases of Bile Formation and Secretion SECTION X: VASCULAR DISORDERS OF THE LIVER 30 Vascular Disorders of the Liver SECTION XI: TUMORS AND TUMOR-LIKE LESIONS OF THE LIVER 31 Premalignant and Early Malignant Hepatocellular Lesions in Chronic Hepatitis/Cirrhosis 32 Benign Hepatocellular Tumors 33 Hepatocellular Carcinoma 34 Benign and Malignant Tumors of Bile Ducts35 Liver Tumors of Childhood 36 Miscellaneous Liver Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions SECTION XII: LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 37 Clinical Aspects of Liver Transplantation 38 Pathology of Liver Transplantation SECTION XIII: EVOLVING CONCEPTS IN LIVER PATHOLOGY 39 Biphenotypic Primary Liver Carcinoma 40 Regression of Liver Fibrosis: From Myth to Reality 41 Cirrhosis: A Term in Need of a Makeover

"Overall, highly recommended for clinical practice""Overall, Dr. Romil Saxena's practical approach to liver pathology is highly recommended for clinical practice, not only for all those confronted daily with liver pathology!" Virchows Archive