This fourth edition:
- Incorporates the recommendations of the 2008 WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues
- Covers key diagnostic techniques such as flow cytometric immunophenotyping, immunohistochemistry and cytogenetic and molecular genetic analysis
- Includes new diagnostic algorithms and summary boxes
- Contains 550 colour illustrations including high–quality digital photomicrographs
Haematologists and histopathologists will find this book an invaluable desktop reference when performing daily blood and bone marrow investigations.
Table of Contents
Preface to the fourth edition, viAcknowledgements, vii
Abbreviations, viii
1 The normal bone marrow, 1
2 Special techniques applicable to bone marrow diagnosis, 54
3 Infection and reactive changes, 100
4 Acute myeloid leukaemia, mixed phenotype acute leukaemia, the myelodysplastic syndromes and histiocytic neoplasms, 166
5 Myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms and related conditions, 239
6 Lymphoproliferative disorders, 300
7 Plasma cell neoplasms, 421
8 Disorders of erythropoiesis, granulopoiesis and thrombopoiesis, 461
9 Miscellaneous disorders, 500
10 Metastatic tumours, 549
11 Diseases of bone, 587
Appendix, 601
Index, 611
