Gastrointestinal Pathology

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Progress in the Pathology of Gastritis and Duodenitis

   1. Progress in the Pathology of Gastritis and Duodenitis

      • M. F. Dixon

      Pages 1-40

3. Precancerous Lesions of the Gastrointestinal Tract

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41

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   2. Barrett’s Oesophagus

      • F. Potet, V. Duchatelle

      Pages 43-60

   3. Gastric Dysplasia

      • P. Sipponen

      Pages 61-76

   4. Duodenal and Peri-ampullary Adenomas

      • A. H. Qizilbash

      Pages 77-90

   5. Intra-epithelial Neoplasia in the Anal Canal and Peri-anal Area

      • C. Fenger

      Pages 91-102

   6. Gastrointestinal Biopsy Diagnosis in the Tropics

      • M. M. Mathan, V. I. Mathan

      Pages 103-131

   7. The Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue and Its Tumours

      • D. A. Levison, P. A. Hall, A. J. Blackshaw

      Pages 133-175

   8. The Place of Quantitation in Diagnostic Gastrointestinal Pathology

      • J. M. Sloan, D. C. Allen, P. W. Hamilton, P. C. H. Watt

      Pages 177-216

4. Topics in Colorectal Biopsy Diagnosis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. Collagenous Colitis

      • W. V. Bogomoletz

      Pages 219-227

   3. Ischaemic Colitis

      • A. B. Price

      Pages 229-246

   4. Intestinal Spirochaetosis

      • P. S. Teglbjærg

      Pages 247-256

   5. Biopsy Diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s Disease and Related Disorders

      • P. U. Heitz, P. Komminoth

      Pages 257-275

   6. Malignant Polyps — Pathological Factors Governing Clinical Management

      • P. Hermanek

      Pages 277-293

   7. Prognostic Factors in Colorectal Cancer

      • J. R. Jass

      Pages 295-322

   8. Polyposis Syndromes — An Update

      • N. A. Shepherd, H. J. R. Bussey

      Pages 323-351

5. Back Matter

   Pages 353-358

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There have been many advances in the field of gastrointestinal pa­ thology which are of considerable clinical significance during the 13 years since the last publication of a volume of Current Topics in Pathology devoted to this subject. Many have arisen from the app­ lication of new techniques of histochemistry, immunocytochemi­ stry, quantitative morphometry and molecular and cell biology to gastrointestinal diseases, but some, notably the recognition of the association of Campylobaeter pylori with the commonest type of chronic gastritis, have been achieved using such long established 'routine' histological procedures that one wonders how their signifi­ cance had escaped recognition for so long. The topics covered in this volume have been selected because they present advances of relevance to the diagnostic clinical pathologist. However, they re­ present the personal selection of the editor, and are in no way exhaustive. Many other examples of progress in our understanding of the pathophysiology of gastrointestinal diseases have been omit­ ted, either because of the confines of space or because they have been well reviewed recently in other publications. Most of the workload of the practising gastrointestinal patholo­ gist involves the diagnosis and assessment either of inflammation or of neoplasia in the alimentary tract, and this is reflected in the topics presented in this book.

• Gastritis
• biopsy
• cancer
• chemistry
• colorectal cancer
• diagnosis
• diseases
• evaluation
• gastrointestinal tract
• inflammation
• pathology
• research
• tissue
• tumor
• hepatology

• Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

  Geraint T. Williams

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