Chapters in Review
Revised: 25 September 2017
This page lists all of our chapters currently being reviewed. Each chapter is divided up into several sections and we are looking for one author per section (NOT per chapter). An author may only request one section at a time, but once that section is completed the author may request another. If a section already has an author listed, or says 'reserved', please do not request it. Authors may request any section within their area of expertise. To view what is currently in each chapter and section, click on the title above the corresponding table. To request a section, please email our Author coordinator at editor.pathout@gmail.com. Thank you very much for your interest in contributing to PathologyOutlines.com.
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Bone and soft tissue
Breast
Clinical pathology
Dermatopathology
GI
GU
GYN
Head and neck
Heart and lung
Hematopathology
IHC / Molecular
Management
Miscellaneous
Neuropathology
Bone and soft tissue
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Breast
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Clinical pathology
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Dermatopathology
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GI
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GU
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GYN
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Head and neck
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Heart and lung
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Hematopathology
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IHC / Molecular
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Management
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Miscellaneous
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Neuropathology
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Revised: 25 September 2017
This page lists all of our chapters currently being reviewed. Each chapter is divided up into several sections and we are looking for one author per section (NOT per chapter). An author may only request one section at a time, but once that section is completed the author may request another. If a section already has an author listed, or says 'reserved', please do not request it. Authors may request any section within their area of expertise. To view what is currently in each chapter and section, click on the title above the corresponding table. To request a section, please email our Author coordinator at editor.pathout@gmail.com. Thank you very much for your interest in contributing to PathologyOutlines.com.
Note: This page will be updated as authors are added. To ensure that you are viewing the most recent version of this page, please click here.
Jump to subspecialties listed below:
Bone and soft tissue
Breast
Clinical pathology
Dermatopathology
GI
GU
GYN
Head and neck
Heart and lung
Hematopathology
IHC / Molecular
Management
Miscellaneous
Neuropathology
Bone and soft tissue
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Developmental abnormalities | |
| Osteomyelitis | |
| Nonneoplastic or metabolic disease | |
| Fibrous / fibroosseous tumors of bone | |
| Bone forming tumors (not osteosarcoma) | |
| Osteosarcoma | |
| Cartilage forming tumors (not chondrosarcoma) | |
| Chondrosarcoma | |
| Hematologic neoplasms | |
| Vascular tumors | |
| Other tumors of bone | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Joint nonneoplastic disease | |
| Arthritis | |
| Infective arthritis | |
| Non-infective arthritis | |
| Joint tumors |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Infections, inflammation and hematoma | |
| Adipose tissue | Ivy John |
| Extraskeletal bone tumors | |
| Fibroblastic / myofibroblastic | |
| Fibrohistiocytic | Engy Abdellatif |
| Mesenchymal | |
| Peripheral nerve | |
| Perivascular epithelioid cell | |
| Skeletal muscle | |
| Smooth muscle | |
| Vascular | |
| Other |
Breast
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Procedures | |
| Inflammatory / infectious | |
| Fibrocystic disease | |
| Benign tumors / changes | Monika Roychowdhury |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| In situ carcinoma | Cansu Karakas |
| Breast cancer | |
| Carcinoma subtypes | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Childhood tumors | |
| Male tumors | Belinda Lategan |
| Miscellaneous | Emily Reisenbichler |
| Other authors working within the chapter | Mirna Podoll, Mary Ann Sanders |
Clinical pathology
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Adrenal related | |
| Cardiac related | |
| Thyroid related |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Bleeding disorders | |
| Acquired bleeding disorders | |
| Hereditary bleeding disorders | |
| Therapy related coagulopathies | |
| Acquired thrombophilia / hypercoagulopathies | |
| Hereditary thrombophilia / hypercoagulopathies | |
| Coagulation laboratory tests |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Gram positive | |
| Gram negative | |
| Viruses |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Cestodes | |
| Malaria | |
| Schistosomiasis |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Transfusion reaction | Faisal Mukhtar & Joseph Pelletier |
| Transfusion side effects | |
| Transfusion transmitted disease | |
| Standards for blood banks | |
| Apheresis |
Dermatopathology
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Infectious disorders | Robert LeBlanc |
| Infestations | Liye Suo (Author) and Priya Nagarajan (Editor) & Nemanja Rodic |
| Granulomatous but noninfectious disorders | Ifeoma U. Perkins (Author), Jerad Gardner and Lauren Stuart (Editors) |
| Blistering disorders | Narina Grove |
| Other dermatoses | |
| Other authors working within the chapter | Favia Dubyk, Rumina Musani |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Nevi | |
| Melanoma | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Adnexal Tumors | |
| Premalignant / in situ | |
| Lymphoma and related disorders | |
| Vascular tumors | Joel Tjarks |
| Other tumors of skin | Hillary Elwood |
GI
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Benign/nonneoplastic | |
| Premalignant / noninvasive | |
| Carcinoma | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Inflammatory diseases | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Appendicitis | |
| Benign tumors | Michael Feely |
| Carcinoma | |
| Other tumors |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Molecular pathways | |
| Polyps | Raul Gonzalez |
| Lymphoma and hematopoietic lesions | |
| Mesenchymal tumors | Raul Gonzalez |
| Other tumors | |
| Other |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Esophagitis | |
| Nonneoplastic disorders | |
| Benign tumors | |
| Premalignant | |
| Carcinoma | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Other |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Cholecystitis | |
| Non-tumor | |
| Benign gallbladder tumors | |
| Dysplasia | |
| Malignant gallbladder tumors | |
| Miscellaneous gallbladder |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Developmental anomalies / cysts | Kalyani Patel |
| Metabolic diseases | |
| General concepts | Anthony Chan |
| Infectious (non-viral) disorders | |
| Viral hepatitis | |
| Biliary tract disease | RESERVED |
| Jaundice | |
| Vascular disorders | RESERVED |
| Systemic diseases/conditions | |
| Transplantation | Michael Drage |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Benign tumors/conditions | |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | |
| Leukemia/lymphoma | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Pancreatitis | |
| Diabetes mellitis | |
| Cysts | |
| WHO classification of tumors | |
| Acinar cell tumors | Brian Robinson |
| Exocrine tumors / carcinomas | Wei Chen |
| Neuroendocrine neoplasms | Sabrina Sopha |
| Other tumors | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Patterns of abnormal architecture | |
| Malabsorption | |
| Ulcers | |
| Inflammatory disorders | |
| Infectious disorders | |
| Obstruction | |
| Benign tumors / tumor-like conditions | |
| Carcinoma | |
| Lymphoma | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Nonneoplastic anomalies | |
| Gastritis | Natalya Shlyakhova |
| Infections | |
| Ulcers | |
| Other nonneoplastic lesions | |
| Polyps | Naziheh Assarzadegan |
| Hypertrophic gastropathy | |
| Dysplastia | |
| Neuroendocrine tumors | |
| Carcinoma | |
| Lymphoma | |
| Stromal / other tumors | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Other authors working within the chapter | Pallavi Patil |
GU
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Adrenal insufficiency | |
| Neuroblastic tumors | |
| Paraganglia | Lan Gellert |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Cytology | |
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Acquired nonneoplastic anomalies | |
| Cystitis | |
| Metaplasia | |
| Nonurothelial benign tumors | |
| Urothelial nonneoplastic lesions | |
| Urothelial neoplasms-noninvasive | |
| Urothelial carcinoma-invasive | |
| Adenocarcinoma | |
| Other carcinomas | |
| Other tumors | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Cystic nonneoplastic lesions | |
| Childhood neoplasms | |
| Benign (usually) adult tumors | |
| Adult renal carcinoma | Nicole K. Andeen and Daniel Anderson (Authors) Maria Tretiakova (Editor) |
| Other adult malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous (carcinoma) |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Primary glomerular diseases | |
| Hereditary renal disease | |
| Infections / parasites | |
| Drug related toxicity | |
| Associated with systemic conditions | |
| Tubular and interstitial disease | |
| Blood vessel disorders | Jian-Hua Qiao |
| Kidney transplantation | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Infectious disorders | |
| Inflammatory disorders | |
| Benign tumors | |
| Dysplasia / carcinoma in situ | |
| Squamous cell carcinoma and variants | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Scrotum - General | |
| Scrotum - Nonneoplastic lesions | |
| Scrotum - Neoplastic lesions |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Granulomatous lesions | Ximing Yang |
| Benign lesions / conditions | |
| Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) | Nicolas Reder (Author) Maria Tretiakova (Editor) |
| Other carcinomas | |
| Other malignancies | Kenneth Iczkowski |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Cowper's glands | |
| Seminal vesicles |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | |
| Epididymis | |
| Nonneoplastic lesions | |
| Epididymal tumors | |
| Rete testis | |
| Spermatic cord | |
| Tumors | |
| Other authors working within the chapter | Christopher Dall, Debra Zynger (Editor) |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| WHO / ISUP classification | |
| Benign tumors | |
| Malignant tumors |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General |
GYN
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Cytology | |
| Cytologic features | |
| Inflammation / parasites | |
| Benign / nonneoplastic lesions | Leonel Maldonado |
| Premalignant / preinvasive lesions | |
| Carcinoma | Ashwyna Sunassee (Author) and Ryan Askeland (Editor) |
| Sarcoma / lymphoma / other | |
| Other authors working within the chapter | Carlos Parra-Herran, Anjelica Hodgson, Zaibo Li |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Gonadal dysgenesis | |
| Inflammatory disorders-noninfectious | |
| Infectious disorders | |
| Nonneoplastic cysts / other | Aurelia Busca |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Metastases to ovary | |
| Other ovarian specific tumors | |
| Other | |
| Surface epithelial tumors | Ayse Ayhan |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Infectious conditions | |
| Inflammatory disorders | |
| Placental gross/microscopic abnormalities, nonneoplastic | |
| Placental findings in specific newborn/fetal or maternal conditions | |
| Umbilical cord | Paul Kowalski |
| Non-trophoblastic neoplasms | |
| Gestational trophoblastic disease | Sonali Lanjewar |
| Other authors working within the chapter | Shipra Garg |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Non tumor | Reserved |
| Endometrial hyperplasia | Reserved |
| Carcinoma | Reserved |
| Stromal tumors | Reserved |
| Other tumors | Vijay Shankar |
| Miscellaneous | Vijay Shankar |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Benign tumors | |
| Malignant tumors | Shweta Gera (Author) Aruz Buyuk (Editor) |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Benign tumors | Nicole Riddle |
Head and neck
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Inflammatory / infectious / autoimmune / systemic disorders | |
| External ear tumors - benign / nonneoplastic | |
| External ear tumors - malignant | |
| Middle ear, inner ear and temporal bone tumors - benign / nonneoplastic | |
| Middle ear, inner ear and temporal bone tumors - malignant | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Conjunctiva: carcinoma | |
| Conjunctiva: other malignancies | |
| Conjunctiva: miscellaneous | |
| Cornea | |
| Eyelid | |
| Eyelid: inflammatory disorders | |
| Eyelid: tumors | |
| Eyelid: adnexal tumors | |
| Eyelid: melanocytic tumors | |
| Eyelid: other tumors | |
| Eyelid: miscellaneous | |
| Glaucoma | |
| Globe | |
| Lacrimal duct/gland | |
| Lens and vitreous humor | |
| Orbit and optic nerve | |
| Retina | |
| Retina: miscellaneous | |
| Uvea (iris, choroid and ciliary body), limbus and sclera | |
| Uvea (iris, choroid and ciliary body), limbus and sclera: miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Inflammatory / infectious lesions | |
| Benign tumors | |
| Premalignant lesions | |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | |
| Other carcinoma | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Normal | |
| Temporomandibular joint | |
| Inflammatory | |
| Benign tumors / tumorlike conditions - 1 (odontogenic tumors general through gigantiform cementoma) | |
| Benign tumors / tumorlike conditions - 2 (juvenile ossifying fibroma through squamous odontogenic tumor) | Anthony Martinez (Author), Kelly Magliocca (Editor) |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Inflammatory/infectious lesions | |
| Hematologic conditions | |
| Other tumors | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Other benign tumors / conditions | |
| Premalignant / in situ conditions | |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | |
| Other carcinomas (non salivary gland) | |
| Minor salivary gland tumors / lesions | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Hyperparathyroidism | |
| Hypoparathyroidism | |
| Neoplasms |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Normal | |
| Cytopathology competency | |
| Developmental disorders | |
| Inflammation | |
| Nonneoplastic tumors/tumor-like conditions | |
| Epithelial / myoepithelial tumors | |
| Lymphomas | |
| Sarcomas | |
| Other tumors | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | Andrey Bychkov |
| Thyroiditis | |
| Competency Assessment | |
| Hyperplasia / goiter | Zahra Aly |
| Thyroid cancer | |
| Papillary thyroid carcinoma | |
| Other thyroid carcinoma | Shuanzeng Wei |
| Miscellaneous |
Heart and lung
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Cardiomyopathies | |
| Cardiac tumors-benign | |
| Cardiac tumors-malignant | |
| Pericardial tumors | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Cystic disease / congenital anomalies | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | |
| Infections | |
| Granulomatous (non-infectious) inflammation | |
| Other interstitial pneumonitis/fibrosis | Akira Yoshikawa |
| Pneumoconiosis | |
| Other nonneoplastic disease |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Adenocarcinoma | Negar Rassaei |
| Other carcinoma | Roseann Wu |
| Carcinoid and related tumors | |
| Hematologic | |
| Other malignancies | |
| Other |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Inflammatory disorders | |
| Thyroid / parathyroid | |
| Thymus | |
| Cystic lesions | |
| Tumors | |
| Thymoma and related entities | |
| Other benign / low grade tumors | |
| Thymic carcinoma | |
| Other mediastinal carcinoma | |
| Hematological neoplasms / lesions | |
| Other mediastinal malignancies | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Asbestos related disorders | |
| Nonneoplastic conditions | |
| Other tumors |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Infectious disorders | |
| Nonneoplastic lesions | |
| Tumors |
Hematopathology
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Infectious/inflammatory | |
| Systemic disorders |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) | |
| Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) | |
| MDS/MPN | |
| Myeloid neoplasms | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Anemia | R. Amita |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Recurrent genetic abnormalities | |
| AML not otherwise categorized | |
| ALL | |
| PreB ALL | |
| Other ALL |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Normal | |
| Inclusions, pigment, ectopic cells or tissue | Jaya Balakrishna (Author) Abdelsalam Sharabi (Editor) |
| Primary immunodeficiency disorders | |
| Infectious/parasitic disorders | |
| Inflammatory disorders | Jaya Balakrishna |
| Neoplasms (not lymphoma) | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Lymph nodes | |
| Molecular testing | |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | |
| B cell disorders | |
| B cell lymphoma subtypes | Amanda Lo, Konrad Chan, Rumina Musani (Editor) |
| Plasma cell neoplasms | Genevieve Crane |
| T/NK cell disorders | Carlos Murga |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | |
| Post-transplantation | |
| Other authors working within the chapter | Lauren King, Rumina Musani |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Congenital anomalies | |
| Cysts | |
| Infectious / inflammatory disorders | |
| Other non-neoplastic disorders | |
| Hematogenous neoplasms | |
| Vascular neoplasms | |
| Other tumors |
IHC / Molecular
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Translocations / cytogenetics abnormalities | |
| Proteins / genes commonly rearranged |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| DNA purification | |
| DNA sequencing | |
| FISH | |
| Microarray | |
| PCR | |
| Molecular Cytology competency assessment | |
| Inherited Disease molecular testing | |
| Melanoma mutations |
| Authors working within this chapter | Meenakshi Gupta, Rebecca Obeng, Sheren Younes |
Management
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Various |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Planning | |
| Leading / interfacing | |
| Operations | |
| Personnel Management | |
| Lab Director | |
| Equipment Management |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Various |
Miscellaneous
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| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (USFNA) | |
| Palpation guided Fine Needle Aspiration (PGFNA) | |
| Cervix Cytology competency assessment | |
| Molecular Cytology competency assessment | |
| Salivary gland Cytology competency assessment | |
| Thyroid gland Cytology competency assessment |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Drugs related to clinical pathology | |
| Drugs related to surgical pathology |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | Maxwell Rollins |
| Forensic autopsy report | |
| Types of injuries | Shawn Parcells |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General/Topics |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General |
Neuropathology
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| Section | Author |
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| Astrocytic tumors | Eman Abdelzaher |
| Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors | |
| Embryonal tumors | Nirupama Singh |
| Choroid plexus tumors | |
| Pineal tumors | |
| Germ cell tumors | |
| Tumors of the sellar region | Nelli Lakis |
| Lymphoma and other hematopoietic lesions | |
| Mesenchymal and other tumors | |
| Metastatic tumors to CNS | |
| Miscellaneous |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| Cerebrovascular disease | |
| Developmental neuropathology | |
| Epilepsy | |
| Central nervous system infections | Kymberly Gyure |
| Inflammatory diseases | |
| Disorders of CNS myelin | Jesse Kresak |
| Motor Neuron Disorders | Margaret Flanagan |
| Neurodegenrative disease | |
| Perinatal brain injury | |
| Non-pentrating head trauma | |
| Disease of skeletal muscle | |
| Disease of peripheral nerve |
| Section | Author |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Inflammatory muscle | Wes Hiser |
