Description

In the Greek 5th edition, every possible effort has been made for careful translation work and editing of this important, modern, and internationally recognized educational manuscript, to make it a book with accessible writing for both experienced and established doctors who wish to refine or systematically organize their knowledge, as well as for aspiring doctors, and generally a useful source of information in daily medical practice.

Readers will find in its pages a valid, reliable, and also reader-friendly manual of pathological anatomy that should not be missing from the library of students and doctors. The text is accompanied at appropriate points by a wealth of images and tables that make the material understandable and clear, resulting in the manual being exemplary and accurately reflecting the new knowledge, as the new edition has placed the necessary emphasis on molecular pathological anatomy in medical practice, and indeed without changing the volume of the book.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: The Cell as a Unit of Assessment of Health and Disease
• Chapter 2: Cellular Injury, Cell Death, and Adaptation
• Chapter 3: Inflammation and Repair
• Chapter 4: Hemodynamic Disorders, Thromboembolism, and Shock
• Chapter 5: Disorders of the Immune System
• Chapter 6: Neoplasia
• Chapter 7: Genetic Disorders and Childhood Diseases
• Chapter 8: Diseases Related to Environment and Nutrition
• Chapter 9: General Pathological Anatomy of Infectious Diseases
• Chapter 10: Blood Vessels
• Chapter 11: Heart
• Chapter 12: Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System
• Chapter 13: Lung
• Chapter 14: Kidney and Its Excretory Functions
• Chapter 15: Oral Cavity and Gastrointestinal Tract
• Chapter 16: Liver and Gallbladder
• Chapter 17: Pancreas
• Chapter 18: Male Reproductive System and Lower Urinary Tract
• Chapter 19: Female Reproductive System and Breast
• Chapter 20: Endocrine System
• Chapter 21: Bones, Joints, and Soft Tissue Tumors
• Chapter 22: Peripheral Nerves and Muscles
• Chapter 23: Central Nervous System
• Chapter 24: Skin
• Index