From the authors' preface: ..'One of the principal objectives and attributes of the Atlas of Tumor Pathology has been to liberally illustrate the spectrum of each tumor or disease and this fourth series fascicle does that.
'..Morphometry flow cytometry immunohistochemistry gene rearrangement studies and other molecular biologic methodologies are exciting new areas that are being developed into diagnostic procedures in the pathology laboratory. Where these methodologies are applicable to salivary gland disease they are included..'
CONTENTS: The Normal Salivary Glands * Classification * Salivary Gland: General Considerations * Benign Epithelial Neoplasms * Malignant Epithelial Neoplasms * Nonlymphoid Mesenchymal Neoplasms * Malignant Lymphomas of the Major Salivary Glands * Secondary Tumors * Tumor-like Conditions .
By Gary L Ellis, Adjunct Professor, Dept of Pathology, Univ Utah School of Medicine, Utah, USA; Paul L Auclair, Dept of Pathology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA