Publisher's Synopsis
This reference manual gives a full account of the appearances of the endometrium during the menstrual cycle, under the effects of hormones, the changes induced by steroid contraceptives and intrauterine devices, in functional disorders, and in inflammatory disease.;Particular attention is given to the various forms of endometrial hyperplasia and neoplasia, with special emphasis placed upon the differential diagnosis of these conditions. Other chapters deal with sampling techniques, and the anatomy and histology of the normal endometrium, the endometrium in normal and abnormal pregnancy, and in gestational and trophoblastic disease.;This work provides the pathologist and gynaecologist with an illustrated and practical manual; the high quality photomicrographs should be an indispensable in the interpretation of endometrial biopsies.;This book should be of interest to postgraduate students in pathology and gynaecology, and also professional pathologists and gynaecologists.
