Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal and Pancreatobiliary Tracts

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Chapter Outline Neuroendocrine Cell System of the Gastrointestinal Tract Terminology and Classification Neuroendocrine Tumor Differentiation True Neuroendocrine Tumors Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors Poorly Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinomas Mixed Tumors Mixed Adenoneuroendocrine Carcinomas…

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Epithelial Neoplasms of the Esophagus

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Chapter Outline Introduction Benign Neoplasms and Tumor-Like Lesions Squamous Papilloma Adenoma Tumor-Like Lesions Malignant Neoplasms Squamous Cell Carcinoma Squamous Dysplasia Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma Variants of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Adenocarcinoma…

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Epithelial Neoplasms of the Stomach

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Chapter Outline Introduction Pathogenesis Histologic Precursors of Gastric Cancer Anatomic Distribution: Cardia Cancer Early Gastric Cancer Advanced Gastric Carcinoma Morphologic Subtypes of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Gastric Carcinoma with Lymphoid Stroma AFP…

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Gallbladder, Extrahepatic Biliary Tract, and Pancreas Tissue Processing Techniques and Normal Histology

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Chapter Outline Introduction Normal Anatomy and Histology Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Pancreas Gallbladder Gallstones Processing Gallbladder Specimens Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Processing Biliary Tract Specimens Biliary Tract Cancer Choledochal Cyst…

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Inflammatory Disorders of the Small Intestine

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Chapter Outline Disorders of Malabsorption Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy (Celiac Disease) Refractory (Unclassified) Sprue Other Disorders of Protein (Cow’s Milk and Soy Protein) Intolerance Tropical Sprue Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome (Blind-Loop Syndrome, Stasis…

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Epithelial Neoplasms of the Small Intestine

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Chapter Outline Introduction Small-Intestinal Neoplasia in Polyposis and Hereditary Cancer Syndromes Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Lynch Syndrome Adenomatous Polyps Preinvasive Ampullary Neoplasia Small-Intestinal Adenocarcinoma Ampullary Adenocarcinomas Prognosis Crohn’s…

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Molecular Genetics of Pancreatobiliary Neoplasms

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Chapter Outline Introduction Pancreatic Neoplasms Ductal Adenocarcinoma Variants of Ductal Adenocarcinoma Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm Serous Cystadenoma Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Solid-Pseudopapillary Neoplasm Acinar Cell Carcinoma Pancreatoblastoma Biliary…

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Molecular Diagnostics of Tubal Gut Neoplasms

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Chapter Outline Introduction Methodologies Sample Collection and Processing Nucleic Acid Extraction and Purification Detection of Sequence Variants Sanger Sequencing Next-Generation Sequencing Rare Mutation Detection Detection of Translocations and Genomic Copy-Number…

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Polyps of the Esophagus

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Chapter Outline Introduction Epithelial Polyps Inflammatory and Hyperplastic Polyps Squamous Papilloma Heterotopia Glycogenic Acanthosis Adenomas Polypoid Dysplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus Spindle Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma Melanoma Mesenchymal…

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Inflammatory Disorders of the Appendix

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Chapter Outline Normal Histology Congenital, Developmental, and Acquired Anatomic Abnormalities Abnormal Location Duplication Absence and Atresia Appendiceal Septa Diverticular Disease Fibrous Obliteration of the Appendiceal Lumen Acute Appendicitis and Associated…

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