The Pediatric and Perinatal Autopsy Manual with DVD-ROM with DVD-ROM

Practical yet comprehensive bench manual guiding the pathologist through situations they might encounter in a pediatric or perinatal post-mortem.

The Pediatric and Perinatal Autopsy Manual is a clear and practical yet comprehensive guide for pathology trainees and non-pediatric pathologists. With chapters organized by types of autopsy, this manual answers questions such as: what do I do in cases of congenital malformation or suspected metabolic disease? What is important in the diagnosis of intrapartum and neonatal death? What must I consider in a baby with intrauterine growth restriction and stillbirth? How do I perform a post-mortem in a case of sudden death in infancy? Chapters describe the most important conditions to consider when examining the organs, both macroscopically and histologically, as well as descriptions of how to perform the autopsy. The book is richly illustrated throughout with numerous color images. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, this is an essential resource for non-pediatric general and trainee pathologists as well as forensic pathologists.

Preface; Foreword; 1. Perinatal autopsy, techniques and classifications Mudher Al-Adnani; 2. Placental examination Beverly Rogers and Carlos Abramowsky; 3. The fetus at less than 15 weeks gestation L. Cesar Peres and Christina Vogt; 4. Stillbirth and intrauterine growth restriction Adrian Charles and Yee Khong; 5. Hydrops fetalis Geoffrey A. Machin; 6. Pathology of twinning and higher multiple pregnancy Phil Cox; 7. Is this a syndrome? Patterns in genetic conditions Meena Balasubramanian; 8. The metabolic disease autopsy Kevin Bove and Simon Olpin; 9. The abnormal heart Glenn P. Taylor, Mary N. Sheppard and S. Yen Ho; 10. Central nervous system Waney Squier and Férechté Encha-Razavi; 11. Significant congenital abnormalities of the respiratory, digestive, and renal systems Linda R. Margraf, Ana M. Gomez and Carlos A. Galliani; 12. Skeletal dysplasias Jo Wyatt-Ashmead, Tania Konstantinidou and Amaka Offiah; 13. Congenital tumors Sarangarajan Ranganathan; 14. Complications of prematurity Stephen Gould and Nicholas Smith; 15. Intrapartum and neonatal death Irene Scheimberg, Susan Arbuckle and Samantha Holden; 16. Sudden unexplained death in infancy (SUDI) Chitraleka Sethuraman, Robert Coombs and Marta C. Cohen; 17. Infections and malnutrition Ronald O. C. Kaschula and Helen C. Wainwright; 18. Role of MRI and radiology in post-mortems Alan Sprigg and Elspeth H. Whitby; 19. The forensic postmortem Janice Ophoven; 20. Appendix tables Irene Scheimberg, L. Cesar Peres and Marta C. Cohen; Index.

Marta C. Cohen is Consultant Paediatric and Perinatal Histopathologist at Sheffield Children's Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Irene Scheimberg is Consultant Paediatric and Perinatal Pathologist at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Barts Medical School, Queen Mary University, London, UK.