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Professor Neil Shepherd is Consultant Histopathologist at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and trained in pathology at St Bartholomew's and St Mark's Hospitals, London. He has clinical and research interests in gastrointestinal (GI) pathology. He is a co-author and co-editor of Morson & Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology, the flagship UK textbook of GI pathology. He has written four other books, over 30 chapters and more than 150 original articles and reviews, mainly on GI pathology. He has authored national guidelines on the reporting of the pathology of colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening polyps, Barrett's oesophagus and chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Prof Shepherd is author of the following books: Progress in Pathology: Volume 7; Gastrointestinal Polyps; Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology

Geraint T. Williams, MD FRCP TRCPath FMedSci, Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales. He has over 150 articles published as listed on PubMed and is the author of the following books: Gastrointestinal Pathology (Current Topics in Pathology); Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology.

Bryan F. Warren, MBChB FRCPath, Consultant Gastrointestinal Pathologist, Department of Cellular Pathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford. He has 117 articles published as listed on PubMed and is the author of the following books: Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Related Pathology; Upper Gastrointestinal Tract: Ulcers and Inflammation; Instant Pathology; Morson and Dawson's Gastrointestinal Pathology; Challenges in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gregory Y Lauwers, MD is an Associate Professor of Pathology, and Director of the Gastrointestinal Pathology Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. He has 176 articles published as listed on PubMed.

Joel K. Greenson, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology,  University of Michigan School of Medicine. Dr. Greenson is also president of the Gastrointestinal Pathology Society.He has 99 articles published as listed on PubMed, and is the author of Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology.

Marco Novelli, PhD, FRCPath, Department of Pathology, University College, London, UK
He has 23 articles published as listed on PubMed.

Contributors, vii

Foreword, xi

Preface, xii

About the companion website, xiii

Part 1 | Oesophagus

1 The normal oesophagus: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 3
Kaiyo Takubo and Neil A. Shepherd

2 Normal embryology, fetal development and developmental abnormalities, 11
Kaiyo Takubo and Neil A. Shepherd

3 Neuromuscular and mechanical disorders of the oesophagus, 19
D. Scott A. Sanders

4 Inflammatory disorders of the oesophagus, 25
Laura W. Lamps

5 Barrett’s oesophagus, 39
Neil A. Shepherd

6 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the oesophagus, 52
Jeremy R. Parfitt and David K. Driman

7 Tumours of the oesophagus, 56
Amitabh Srivastava and Robert D. Odze

8 Miscellaneous conditions of the oesophagus, 83
Raymond F.T. McMahon

Part 2 | Stomach

9 The normal stomach: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 89
Shinichi Ban

10 Congenital abnormalities of the stomach, 104
Michio Shimizu and Do-Youn Park

11 Inflammatory disorders of the stomach, 110
Hala El-Zimaity and Robert H. Riddell

12 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the stomach, 162
Muriel Genevay and Gregory Y. Lauwers

13 Epithelial tumours of the stomach, 180
Fátima Carneiro and Gregory Y. Lauwers

14 Stromal tumours of the stomach, 223
Erinn Downs-Kelly, Brian P. Rubin and John R. Goldblum

15 Lymphoid tumours of the stomach, 241
Laurence de Leval

16 Miscellaneous conditions, 270
Do-Youn Park and Michio Shimizu

Part 3 | Small Intestine

17 Normal small intestine: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 281
Robert E. Petras

18 Congenital abnormalities of the small intestine, 293
Claude Cuvelier

19 Muscular and mechanical disorders of the small intestine, 305
Paola Domizio and Joanne E. Martin

20 Inflammatory disorders of the small intestine, 315
Karel Geboes

21 The pathology of malnutrition and malabsorption, 373
Ian Brown

22 Vascular disorders of the small intestine, 397
Amy E. Noffsinger

23 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the small intestine, 411
G. Johan A. Offerhaus, Lodewijk A.A. Brosens and Marnix Jansen

24 Epithelial tumours of the small intestine, 422
Kieran Sheahan

25 Stromal tumours of the small intestine, 442
Elizabeth Montgomery

26 Lymphoid and other tumours of the small intestine, 459
Scott R. Owens

27 Miscellaneous disorders of the small intestine, 470
Joel K. Greenson

Part 4 | Appendix

28 Normal appendix: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 477
Nadine Ectors

29 Inflammatory disorders of the appendix, 481
Fiona Campbell

30 Tumours of the appendix, 490
Joseph Misdraji

31 Miscellaneous conditions of the appendix, 502
Robert P. Eckstein

Part 5 | Large Intestine

32 Normal large intestine: anatomy, specimen dissection and histology relevant to pathological practice, 511
Gordon Hutchins, Nicholas P. West and Phil Quirke

33 Embryogenesis and developmental abnormalities (including the anal region), 524
Adrian C. Bateman

34 Neuromuscular and mechanical disorders of the large intestine, 531
Paola Domizio and Joanne E. Martin

35 Inflammatory disorders of the large intestine, 552
Dhanpat Jain, Bryan F. Warren and Robert H. Riddell

36 Vascular disorders of the large intestine, 636
Cian Muldoon

37 Polyps and tumour-like lesions of the large intestine, 647
Andrew D. Clouston and Neal I. Walker

38 Malignant epithelial neoplasms of the large bowel, 685
Shaun V. Walsh and Frank A. Carey

39 Non-epithelial tumours of the large intestine, 733
Jean-François Fléjou

40 Miscellaneous disorders of the large intestine, 748
Adrian C. Bateman

Part 6 | The Anal Region

41 Normal anal region: anatomy, histology relevant to pathological practice and specimen handling, 759
Kevin P. West

42 Inflammatory disorders of the anal region, 763
Alison M. Winstanley and Marco R. Novelli

43 Tumours and tumour-like conditions of the anorectal region, 771
Thomas Guenther

44 Miscellaneous conditions of the anal region, 793
Manuel Salto-Tellez

Part 7 | Peritoneum

45 The normal peritoneum, 801
Geraint T. Williams

46 Inflammatory disorders of the peritoneum, 804
Maurice B. Loughrey

47 Tumours and tumour-like lesions of the peritoneum, 819
Richard L. Attanoos

48 Miscellaneous conditions of the peritoneum, 839
Geraint T. Williams

Index, 842

“Both are superbly illustrated, comprehensive treatises that will help the diligent student acquire a solid and deep understanding of gastrointestinal pathology.”  (Helicobacter, 1 June 2013)

“I greet it as a major contribution to GI pathology, I think that it will complement other GI pathology texts, and I hope that it will be widely read in all parts of the world.”  (Doody’s, 3 May 2013)