Pathology of the Pleura and Mediastinum

Timothy Craig Allen, M.D., J.D., obtained his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 1984 and completed his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology, subsequently serving on the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine until 1995. He then attended the University of Chicago Law School and graduated with the degree of Doctor of Law With Honors in 1998, subsequently practicing health care law and litigation. Dr. Allen completed a 2-year fellowship in pulmonary pathology in the Texas Medical Center in 2004. He is currently Professor of Pathology, Director of Anatomic Pathology, and Laboratory Director of the Department of Laboratory Services at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Allen is certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology, with added qualification in cytopathology. He is an associate editor of the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Allen is the president of the Pulmonary Pathology Society and president of the Texas Society of Pathology. He is Governor of the College of American Pathologists Board of Governors, and is chair, co-chair, or member of several CAP Councils and Committees. He has authored and coauthored numerous articles and book chapters on pulmonary pathology and medicolegal issues and has coauthored and co-edited several books on pulmonary pathology.

Acquired multilocular thymic cyst.- Adenomatoid Tumor, Pleural.- Amyloidosis, Pleural.- Angiomyolipoma, Mediastinal.- Angiosarcoma, Mediastinal.- Angiosarcoma/Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma, Pleural.- Apical Cap Lesions.- Asbestos-Induced Pleural Disease.- Atypical thymomas.- Bacterial Infections, Pleural.- B-cell lymphoma, Mediastinal, diffuse, large.- Biphasic Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma, Pleural.- Bronchogenic cyst, Mediastinal.- Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor.- Castlemans disease, Mediastinal.- Chondroma, Mediastinal.- Chondrosarcoma, Mediastinal.- Chondrosarcoma, Pleural.- Chordoma, Mediastinal.- Choriocarcinoma, Mediastinal.- Chylothorax.- Collagen Vascular Disease, Pleural.- Congenital thymic cyst.- Desmoid Tumor, Pleural.- Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor, Pleural.- Drug Induced Pleural Diseases.- Ectopic parathyroid tumors, Mediastinal.- Embryonal carcinoma, Mediastinal.- Empyema, Pleural.- Endometriosis, Pleural.- Enteric cyst, Mediastinal.- Eosinophilic Pleuritis.- Epithelial Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma, Pleural.- Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, Mediastinal.- Extraskeletal myxoid condrosarcoma, Mediastinal.- Fibrous and Fibrinous Pleuritis.- Fibrous Pleural Adhesions.- Fungal Infections, Pleural.- Ganglioneuroblastoma, Mediastinal.- Ganglioneuroma, Mediastinal.- Germ cell tumors of the mediastinum.- Granular cell tumor, Mediastinal.- Granulomatous mediastinitis.- Granulomatous Pleuritis.- Hemangioma, Mediastinal.- Hemothorax.- Histologic Changes of Pleurodesis.- Hodgkin lymphoma, Mediastinal.- Leiomyoma, Mediastinal.- Leiomyosarcoma, Mediastinal.- Lipoma, Mediastinal.- Liposarcoma.- Liposarcoma, Mediastinal.- Liposarcoma, Primary Pleural.- Localized Malignant Mesothelioma, Pleural.- Localized Pleural Fibrosis.- Lymphangioma, Mediastinal.- Malignant Small Cell Tumor of Thoracopulmonary Region/Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor/Askin Tumor, Pleural.- Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural.- Malignant Triton Tumor, Mediastinal.- Mediastinal alveolar soft parts sarcoma.- Mediastinal anaplastic large cell lymphoma.- Mediastinal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor.- Mediastinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.- Mediastinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor.- Mediastinal yolk sac tumor.- Mediastinitis.- Meningothelial-Like Bodies, Pleural.- Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, Mediastinal.- Mesothelial Cell Hyperplasia.- Mesothelial cyst, Mediastinal.- Mycobacterial Infections, Pleural.- Neoplasms Metastatic to the Pleura.- Neurofibroma, Mediastinal.- Osteosarcoma, Mediastinal.- Paraganglioma, Mediastinal.- Pleomorphic high-grade sarcoma, Mediastinal.- Pleomorphic lymphoma, Mediastinal.- Pleuopulmonary Blastoma.- Pleura, Anatomy and Histology of Pleural Effusions.- Pleural Fluid, Analysis of.- Pleural Mycobacterial Infections.- Pleural Plaques.- Pleuritis.- Pneumothorax.- Postcardiac Injury Syndrome.- Primary Lymphoma.- Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Pleural.- Primary thymic epithelial neoplasms.- Pulmonary Meningioma.- Reactive Eosinophilic Pleuritis.- Rhabdomyosarcoma, Mediastinal.- Rheumatoid Pleuritis.- Rosai-Dorfman Disease, Pleural.- Sarcomatous Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma, Pleural.- Schwannoma, Mediastinal.- Sclerosing mediastinitis.- Seminoma, Mediastinal.- Separation of Benign and Malignant Epithelial Proliferations in the Pleura.- Separation of Benign and Malignant Spindle Cell Proliferations in the Pleura.- Solitary fibrous tumor, Mediastinal.- Solitary Fibrous Tumor, Pleural.- Synovial sarcoma, Mediastinal.- Synovial Sarcoma, Pleural.- Teratoma, Mediastinal.- Teratoma, Mediastinal with malignant component.- The Role of Cytology in the Diagnosis of Pleural Neoplasia.- Thymic carcinoma.- Thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma.- Thymolipoma.- Thymoma, Pleural.- Thymomas.- Thyroid ectopic tumors, Mediastinal.- Viral Infections, Pleural.- Wegener`s Granulomatosis, Pleural.- Well-Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma, Pleural.