Thurlbeck's Pathology of the Lung
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The third edition of Pathology of the Lung has been renamed Thurlbeck's Pathology of the Lung in honor of the late William "Whitey" Thurlbeck, senior editor of the first two editions and an internationally recognized pulmonary pathologist. Thurlbeck was asked by the American College of Chest Physicians to create a postgraduate course in lung pathology for trainees in chest medicine who were perceived to be deficient in their knowledge of pulmonary pathology. Established in 1979, this enormously successful course was developed into a textbook and published as the first edition of Pathology of the Lung in 1988. Most contributors to the first edition were members of the teaching faculty for the course; the third edition remains a group effort and draws together experts in pulmonary pathology from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
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Scanning Electron Micrograph of the Lining of the Bronchus of a Lung Affected by Emphysema.
David Gregory and Debbie Marshall/Wellcome Photo Library.
This edition updates the second, which was published in 1995. Many chapters from the second edition have been combined, resulting in a simplified and useful overall organization. Within chapters, topics and their corresponding sections and subsections are readily identified by means of an eye-catching combination of bulleting and boldface, underlined, and italicized text. Multiauthored works frequently evolve with overlap of content and stylistic differences, but to the credit of the editors and contributors, these problems are not apparent in this book. The content is well written, concise, and easy to read; well-organized tables summarize important concepts. On balance, the book is well illustrated, although in chapter 6, on pediatric disorders, many of the images are small and of uneven illumination, making it difficult to appreciate the histologic detail. It is notable that most images are black and white, whereas most current textbooks of pathology use color. In general, the images convey the required visual information, but in future editions I would anticipate the use of color images.
Introductory chapters encompass normal gross and microscopic anatomy, growth and development, morphometry, handling of specimens, and special techniques of examination of the lung. Chapters covering pediatric disorders, infectious diseases, neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases, diseases of the pleura, and cytology of the lung round out this comprehensive book. Important current classification systems have been incorporated into this edition. They include the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference and American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification of vasculitis; the 2004 World Health Organization classification of lung tumors; the American Thoracic Society–European Respiratory Society international multidisciplinary consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; and the revised 1995 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation working formulation for lung rejection.
The focus on molecular biology in the chapter called "Lung Growth and Development"; revised chapters on bacterial, mycobacterial, and viral infections; and rewritten chapters on idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and diffuse lung diseases incorporating high-resolution computed tomographic scans all serve to make this book current and important. Chapters that combine the clinical and pathological aspects of disease are particularly effective and include those about the handling and diagnostic limitations of specimens, pulmonary edema, acute (adult) respiratory distress syndrome, idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, and chronic airflow obstruction. This book has broad applicability and will be a valuable guide for subspecialists in chest medicine, as well as for pathologists, internists, and surgeons.
Teri J. Franks, M.D.
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Washington, DC 20306
frankst@afip.osd.mil(Third edition. Edited by )
(Figure)
Scanning Electron Micrograph of the Lining of the Bronchus of a Lung Affected by Emphysema.
David Gregory and Debbie Marshall/Wellcome Photo Library.
This edition updates the second, which was published in 1995. Many chapters from the second edition have been combined, resulting in a simplified and useful overall organization. Within chapters, topics and their corresponding sections and subsections are readily identified by means of an eye-catching combination of bulleting and boldface, underlined, and italicized text. Multiauthored works frequently evolve with overlap of content and stylistic differences, but to the credit of the editors and contributors, these problems are not apparent in this book. The content is well written, concise, and easy to read; well-organized tables summarize important concepts. On balance, the book is well illustrated, although in chapter 6, on pediatric disorders, many of the images are small and of uneven illumination, making it difficult to appreciate the histologic detail. It is notable that most images are black and white, whereas most current textbooks of pathology use color. In general, the images convey the required visual information, but in future editions I would anticipate the use of color images.
Introductory chapters encompass normal gross and microscopic anatomy, growth and development, morphometry, handling of specimens, and special techniques of examination of the lung. Chapters covering pediatric disorders, infectious diseases, neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases, diseases of the pleura, and cytology of the lung round out this comprehensive book. Important current classification systems have been incorporated into this edition. They include the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference and American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification of vasculitis; the 2004 World Health Organization classification of lung tumors; the American Thoracic Society–European Respiratory Society international multidisciplinary consensus classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; and the revised 1995 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation working formulation for lung rejection.
The focus on molecular biology in the chapter called "Lung Growth and Development"; revised chapters on bacterial, mycobacterial, and viral infections; and rewritten chapters on idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and diffuse lung diseases incorporating high-resolution computed tomographic scans all serve to make this book current and important. Chapters that combine the clinical and pathological aspects of disease are particularly effective and include those about the handling and diagnostic limitations of specimens, pulmonary edema, acute (adult) respiratory distress syndrome, idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, and chronic airflow obstruction. This book has broad applicability and will be a valuable guide for subspecialists in chest medicine, as well as for pathologists, internists, and surgeons.
Teri J. Franks, M.D.
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Washington, DC 20306
frankst@afip.osd.mil(Third edition. Edited by )