Practical surgical neuropathology : a diagnostic approach / [edited by] Arie Perry, Daniel J. Brat.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neuropathology patterns and introduction / Arie Perry and Daniel J. Brat -- Normal brain histopathology / Daniel J. Brat -- Intraoperative consultation and optimal processing / Gregory N. Fuller -- Neuroradiology, the surrogate of gross neuropathology / Franz J. Wippold II -- Astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors / Daniel J. Brat and Arie Perry -- Ependymomas and choroid plexus tumors / Christine E. Fuller and Sonia Narendra -- Neuronal and glioneuronal neoplasms / Daniel J. Brat -- Pineal parenchymal tumors / Alexandre Vasiljevic, Michelle Fèvre-Montange, and Anne Jouvet -- Embryonal (primitive) neoplasms of the central nervous system / Anthony T. Yachnis and Arie Perry -- Meningiomas / Arie Perry -- Mesenchymal tumors of the central nervous system / Tarik Tihan and Scott E. Kilpatrick -- Peripheral nerve sheath tumors / Bernd W. Scheithauer, James M. Woodruff, and Robert J. Spinner -- Epithelial, neuroendocrine, and metastatic lesions / Gregory N. Fuller and Arie Perry -- Lymphomas and histiocytic tumors / Werner Paulus and Arie Perry -- Germ cell tumors / Eyas M. Hattab -- Melanocytic neoplasms of the central nervous system / Daniel J. Brat -- Other glial neoplasms / Daniel J. Brat -- Pathology of the pituitary and sellar region / Bernd W. Scheithauer ... [et al.] -- Therapy-associated neuropathology / Arie Perry -- Familial tumor syndromes / Arie Perry -- Infections and inflammatory disorders / B.K. DeMasters and Kenneth L. Tyler -- White matter and myelin disorders / Robert E. Schmidt -- Pathology of epilepsy / Richard A. Prayson -- Vascular and ischemic disorders / David A. Decker, Arie Perry, and Anthony T. Yachnis -- Biopsy pathology of neurodegenerative disorders in adults / M. Joe Ma.