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[Cica]

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Anyone used this book and if so what did you think of it?
Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series, Expert Consult - Online and Print, 2e


Thanks in advance.

 

[mlw03]

for what purpose? if you're going into GI, I believe the Odze text is still considered one of the standards. if you're not going to do GI specifically, the foundations books are a good series in my experience.

 

[deleted314957]

I have it. I am a gi freak and have many gi books. It is ok but rather thumb-nail. If you want one comprehensive gi text i would recommend odze or fenoglio-preiser.

 

[Cica]

Would like to use a comprehensive book to learn tne important basics of gi pato.

 

[deleted314957]

see above

 

[gbwillner]

Anyone used this book and if so what did you think of it?
Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology: A Volume in the Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series, Expert Consult - Online and Print, 2e


Thanks in advance.

I have it and the Odze book. I think the Foundations book is excellent for a resident GI rotation and for studying for boards- I read through it in just a week, and it has all the important info you need to know for each entitiy- furthermore, it is very well organized and is very readable. Where it is lacking is in specific staging information, and details that may be important but not as an introduction to an entity or in making the diagnosis.

Odze, on the other hand, is an excellent reference.

 

[Path or bust]

I have it and the Odze book. I think the Foundations book is excellent for a resident GI rotation and for studying for boards- I read through it in just a week, and it has all the important info you need to know for each entitiy- furthermore, it is very well organized and is very readable. Where it is lacking is in specific staging information, and details that may be important but not as an introduction to an entity or in making the diagnosis.

Odze, on the other hand, is an excellent reference.

I seem to think that the stuff in Sternberg is sufficient for 99% of what I see. The other stuff I reference.

 

[gbwillner]

I seem to think that the stuff in Sternberg is sufficient for 99% of what I see. The other stuff I reference.

I am partial to the Foundations series for a lot of reasons... When I was a first year resident I came on this board and a wiser senior resident told me to spend my money on these books. I am glad I listened. Sure, some are better than others (there are only a few I would NOT recommend), but they are ideal for residents IMHO. They include almost every entity you will come across, and give you enough info on each one that you will have a clear understanding of how to diagnose it and what the DDx is. There are nice tables for each entity that give you the clinical presentation, incidence, general features; then another one that gives you classic histology, gross, IHC, and DDx. If you are in a hurry you can just refer to the tables. Also, they spend a lot of time in general on specific variants of each entity, and almost always provide great pictures- usually many/entity, including all the variants and focus on critical features for the DX.

I had Rosai as a first year resident... but once I got a foundations book for whatever rotation I was on, Rosai got left in the dust. I can't even remember the last time I opened that book.

 

[Cica]

I am partial to the Foundations series for a lot of reasons... When I was a first year resident I came on this board and a wiser senior resident told me to spend my money on these books. I am glad I listened. Sure, some are better than others (there are only a few I would NOT recommend), but they are ideal for residents IMHO. They include almost every entity you will come across, and give you enough info on each one that you will have a clear understanding of how to diagnose it and what the DDx is. There are nice tables for each entity that give you the clinical presentation, incidence, general features; then another one that gives you classic histology, gross, IHC, and DDx. If you are in a hurry you can just refer to the tables. Also, they spend a lot of time in general on specific variants of each entity, and almost always provide great pictures- usually many/entity, including all the variants and focus on critical features for the DX.

I had Rosai as a first year resident... but once I got a foundations book for whatever rotation I was on, Rosai got left in the dust. I can't even remember the last time I opened that book.

What other books from the Foundation series do you recommend. I have the one for Hematopathology and think its pretty good.

 

[mlw03]

What other books from the Foundation series do you recommend. I have the one for Hematopathology and think its pretty good.

I think the neuropath was one is quite good.

 

[deleted314957]

What other books from the Foundation series do you recommend. I have the one for Hematopathology and think its pretty good.

They are all good "bench"references and all are "thumb-nail". None are comprehensive reference texts.

 

[gbwillner]

What other books from the Foundation series do you recommend. I have the one for Hematopathology and think its pretty good.

Let's see...

GU
Dermpath
Breast
GI
Soft tissue


I would recommend head&neck, but they left out thyroid (it's in the endocrine volume). I thought Hsi (heme) was good before I read the rest of the series.. now I think a lot of important info is lacking. I don't have the new edition, so maybe they fixed some things.

The only one I thought was BAD was GYN. There are comperable books to many of these, but a few stood out to me. The dermpath volume has no equal. There is an abyss between Rapini and Weedon- I don't know of any other book that fills it like this.

The other great thing about these is that they are affordable- you can easily pick up the whole series after 3 years on a resident book budget. You'd be lucky to get Gnepp and one or two other books if you were just getting "reference" books.

 

[Cica]

Let's see...

GU
Dermpath
Breast
GI
Soft tissue


I would recommend head&neck, but they left out thyroid (it's in the endocrine volume). I thought Hsi (heme) was good before I read the rest of the series.. now I think a lot of important info is lacking. I don't have the new edition, so maybe they fixed some things.

The only one I thought was BAD was GYN. There are comperable books to many of these, but a few stood out to me. The dermpath volume has no equal. There is an abyss between Rapini and Weedon- I don't know of any other book that fills it like this.

The other great thing about these is that they are affordable- you can easily pick up the whole series after 3 years on a resident book budget. You'd be lucky to get Gnepp and one or two other books if you were just getting "reference" books.

What about the lung pathology and cytology books?

 

[gbwillner]

What about the lung pathology and cytology books?

I can't comment because I don't have those. For cyto I have baby demay and cibas (which is great), for lung I have the 2004 edition of practical pulmonary path.. it is a reference book.