This new edition of the classic gastrointestinal pathology text once again provides pathologists and gastroenterologists with a comprehensive reference tool.The pathology of the GI tract is reviewed in sections according to each anatomical part of the body, with the goal of aiding the gastroenterologist in his/her clinical decision making when treating patients.

Table of Contents:
Contributors, vii Foreword, xi Preface, xii About the companion website, xiii Part 1 | Oesophagus 1 The normal oesophagus: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 3 Kaiyo Takubo and Neil A. Shepherd 2 Normal embryology, fetal development and developmental abnormalities, 11 Kaiyo Takubo and Neil A. Shepherd 3 Neuromuscular and mechanical disorders of the oesophagus, 19 D. Scott A. Sanders 4 Inflammatory disorders of the oesophagus, 25 Laura W. Lamps 5 Barrett s oesophagus, 39 Neil A. Shepherd 6 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the oesophagus, 52 Jeremy R. Parfitt and David K. Driman 7 Tumours of the oesophagus, 56 Amitabh Srivastava and Robert D. Odze 8 Miscellaneous conditions of the oesophagus, 83 Raymond F.T. McMahon Part 2 | Stomach 9 The normal stomach: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 89 Shinichi Ban 10 Congenital abnormalities of the stomach, 104 Michio Shimizu and Do-Youn Park 11 Inflammatory disorders of the stomach, 110 Hala El-Zimaity and Robert H. Riddell 12 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the stomach, 162 Muriel Genevay and Gregory Y. Lauwers 13 Epithelial tumours of the stomach, 180 Fatima Carneiro and Gregory Y. Lauwers 14 Stromal tumours of the stomach, 223 Erinn Downs-Kelly, Brian P. Rubin and John R. Goldblum 15 Lymphoid tumours of the stomach, 241 Laurence de Leval 16 Miscellaneous conditions, 270 Do-Youn Park and Michio Shimizu Part 3 | Small Intestine 17 Normal small intestine: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 281 Robert E. Petras 18 Congenital abnormalities of the small intestine, 293 Claude Cuvelier 19 Muscular and mechanical disorders of the small intestine, 305 Paola Domizio and Joanne E. Martin 20 Inflammatory disorders of the small intestine, 315 Karel Geboes 21 The pathology of malnutrition and malabsorption, 373 Ian Brown 22 Vascular disorders of the small intestine, 397 Amy E. Noffsinger 23 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the small intestine, 411 G. Johan A. Offerhaus, Lodewijk A.A. Brosens and Marnix Jansen 24 Epithelial tumours of the small intestine, 422 Kieran Sheahan 25 Stromal tumours of the small intestine, 442 Elizabeth Montgomery 26 Lymphoid and other tumours of the small intestine, 459 Scott R. Owens 27 Miscellaneous disorders of the small intestine, 470 Joel K. Greenson Part 4 | Appendix 28 Normal appendix: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 477 Nadine Ectors 29 Inflammatory disorders of the appendix, 481 Fiona Campbell 30 Tumours of the appendix, 490 Joseph Misdraji 31 Miscellaneous conditions of the appendix, 502 Robert P. Eckstein Part 5 | Large Intestine 32 Normal large intestine: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 511 Gordon Hutchins, Nicholas P. West and Phil Quirke 33 Embryogenesis and developmental abnormalities (including the anal region), 524 Adrian C. Bateman 34 Neuromuscular and mechanical disorders of the large intestine, 531 Paola Domizio and Joanne E. Martin 35 Inflammatory disorders of the large intestine, 552 Dhanpat Jain, Bryan F. Warren and Robert H. Riddell 36 Vascular disorders of the large intestine, 636 Cian Muldoon 37 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the large intestine, 647 Andrew D. Clouston and Neal I. Walker 38 Malignant epithelial neoplasms of the large bowel, 685 Shaun V. Walsh and Frank A. Carey 39 Non-epithelial tumours of the large intestine, 733 Jean-Francois Flejou 40 Miscellaneous disorders of the large intestine, 748 Adrian C. Bateman Part 6 | The Anal Region 41 Normal anal region: anatomy, histology relevant to pathological practice and specimen handling, 759 Kevin P. West 42 Inflammatory disorders of the anal region, 763 Alison M. Winstanley and Marco R. Novelli 43 Tumours and tumour-like conditions of the anorectal region, 771 Thomas Guenther 44 Miscellaneous conditions of the anal region, 793 Manuel Salto-Tellez Part 7 | Peritoneum 45 The normal peritoneum, 801 Geraint T. Williams 46 Inflammatory disorders of the peritoneum, 804 Maurice B. Loughrey 47 Tumours and tumour-like lesions of the peritoneum, 819 Richard L. Attanoos 48 Miscellaneous conditions of the peritoneum, 839 Geraint T. Williams Index, 842