This one-of-a-kind reference provides a comprehensive and practical guide to help you interpret endoscopic biopsies and resection specimens of all organs related to the digestive system. Plus, thanks to Expert Consult, you’ll be able to access the entire contents of this title online and download all images, from anywhere there’s an internet connection. The more than 2250 high quality illustrations, 30% more than in the first edition, help you recognize and diagnose any tissue sample under the microscope. Five new chapters, additional expert authors, expanded tables, and coverage of the current clinical approach to management and treatment options, particularly screening and surveillance recommendations for preneoplastic disorders, round out this unique reference.

该独一无二的参考资料提供了一个全面且使用的指导以帮助读者理解与消化系统有关的内镜活检和所有器官的标本切片。另外通过访问Expert Consult，读者能够从任何一个联网电脑在线访问该书的全部内容并且下载所有的图片。有超过2250幅高品质的插图，相较于第一版多了30%，这能够帮助读者在显微镜下识别和诊断任何一种组织样本。5个新的章节，更多的专家作者，扩展表格，且覆盖了现今临床处理和治疗方案的方法，尤其是癌前疾病的检查和检测，这都使这一独一无二的参考资料更加完善。

“Deserves the attention of the entire pathology and gastroenterology community … An absolute must for your sign-out room and departmental library" -Modern Pathology, review of previous edition

* Acts as a one-stop resource for the entire gastrointestinal system, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas. * Incorporates over 2250 high quality color illustrations so you can recognize and diagnose any tissue sample under the microscope. * Provides all the necessary tools to make a comprehensive diagnostic workup including data from ancillary techniques and molecular findings whenever appropriate. * Simplifies complex topics and streamlines decision-making using extensive tables, graphs, and flowcharts. * Helps you avoid diagnostic errors thanks to practical advice on pitfalls in differential diagnosis.

* Uses a new “road map” at the beginning of each chapter, as well as a new, more clinical focus to help you navigate through the book more quickly. * Reflects the latest classification and staging systems available so you can provide the clinician with the most accurate and up-to-date diagnostic and prognostic indicators, including key molecular aspects of tumor pathology. * Includes access to the entire contents online, from anywhere there’s an internet connection. * Adds five new chapters including "Screening and Surveillance of the GI Tract”, "Congenital and Developmental Disorders of the GI Tract”, "Pediatric Enteropathies of the GI Tract", "Vascular Disorders of the GI Tract", and "Fatty Liver Disease". * Expands appropriate chapters with new coverage of the normal histology of the GI tract, liver, biliary tract and pancreas. * Uses expanded tables to outline specific differential diagnostic points helpful for surgical pathologists