Practical Hepatic Pathology: A Diagnostic Approach

Romil Saxena, MD, FRCPath, is a practicing surgical pathologist with specialization in liver and gastrointestinal pathology. She serves as Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology. Dr. Saxena completed fellowships in Liver Pathology and Gene Therapy at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY; in Liver Pathology at King's College Hospital, London; and in Gastrointestinal Pathology at Yale University Medical Center. Dr. Saxena is the author of over a hundred articles and several textbook chapters on liver and gastrointestinal diseases

SECTION I: BASIC CONCEPTS IN LIVER PATHOLOGY

1 Microscopic Anatomy, Basic Terms, and Elemental Lesions

SECTION II: CLINICAL, LABORATORY, AND RADIOLOGIC FEATURES OF LIVER DISEASE

2 Clinical Features of Liver Disease

3 Laboratory Tests in Liver Disease

4 Investigative Imaging of the Liver

SECTION III: LIVER DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD

5 Liver Diseases of Childhood

SECTION IV: METABOLIC DISEASES OF THE LIVER

6 Medical Genetics and Biochemistry in Diagnosis and Management

7 Histologic Patterns of Metabolic Liver Diseases

8 Liver in Wilson Disease

9 Liver Disease in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

10 Liver Disease in Cystic Fibrosis

11 Liver Disease in Iron Overload

12 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

SECTION V: INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE LIVER

13 Acute Viral Hepatitis

14 Hepatitis B

15 Hepatitis C

16 Chronic Hepatitis: Grading and Staging

17 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection of the Liver

18 Nonviral Infections of the Liver

SECTION VI: GRANULOMATOUS DISEASES OF THE LIVER

19 Hepatic Granulomas: Differential Diagnosis

20 Hepatic Sarcoidosis

SECTION VII: AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS

21 Autoimmune Hepatitis and Overlap Syndromes

SECTION VIII: DRUG- AND TOXIN-INDUCED LIVER INJURY

22 Metabolism of Drugs and Xenobiotics

23 Liver Injury Due to Drugs and Herbal Agents

24 Alcohol-Induced Liver Disease

SECTION IX: DISORDERS OF THE BILE DUCTS, BILE FORMATION, AND SECRETION

25 Fibrocystic Liver Diseases

26 Primary Biliary Cholangitis

27 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

28 Loss of Intrahepatic Bile Ducts

29A Intrahepatic Cholestasis: Molecular Physiology of Bile Formation and Secretion

29B Intrahepatic Cholestasis: Diseases of Bile Formation and Secretion

SECTION X: VASCULAR DISORDERS OF THE LIVER

30 Vascular Disorders of the Liver

SECTION XI: TUMORS AND TUMOR-LIKE LESIONS OF THE LIVER

31 Premalignant and Early Malignant Hepatocellular Lesions in Chronic Hepatitis/Cirrhosis

32 Benign Hepatocellular Tumors

33 Hepatocellular Carcinoma

34 Benign and Malignant Tumors of Bile Ducts

35 Liver Tumors of Childhood

36 Miscellaneous Liver Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions

SECTION XII: LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

37 Clinical Aspects of Liver Transplantation

38 Pathology of Liver Transplantation

SECTION XIII: EVOLVING CONCEPTS IN LIVER PATHOLOGY

39 Biphenotypic Primary Liver Carcinoma

40 Regression of Liver Fibrosis: From Myth to Reality

41 Cirrhosis: A Term in Need of a Makeover