This comprehensive book, lavishly illustrated with over 700 colour pictures, addresses the subject of bone in internal medicine. It is based on biopsies of bone and first describes the normal range of physiological findings in iliac crest biopsies in young, middle-aged and elderly individuals. The book then deals systematically with the osseous disorders most frequently encountered in internal medicine, and some that would be considered in the differential diagnosis. Numerous up-to-date references are included. The clinical applications of biopsies of bone are emphasized as well as their clinical interpretation; sections on histomorphometry and functional aspects of bone cells are also included. The book will be of particular interest to specialists in internal medicine, endocrinology, nephrology, haematology and oncology, as well as being a bench manual for the practising pathologist.

Bones are everybody 's business. This means that clinical osteology, now an independent specialty, nevertheless encompasses all branches of medicine and affects each and every one of us. Intended for doctors who seek precise information on bisphosphonates in medical practice, this book has been designed as an up-to-date manual to deal with the currently recognized indications for bisphosphonates, to outline situations and conditions for prevention of skeletal disorders, and to provide practical guidelines for treatment.

Examination of the bone marrow has always been, and to-date techniques whose application will undoubtedly to a large extent still is, within the domain of the haema increase in the future. tologist. This is because smears of bone marrow aspirates After lengthy discussions and enquiries, the conclusion together with peripheral blood films and results of other was reached that the magnifications of most of the tests and investigations provided the information on which illustrations could be omitted without detracting from the usefulness of the Atlas. The magnifications used are the clinical diagnosis was based. Recently, the widespread availability of both improved indicated in Fig. 1.25. In addition, not every detail specif biopsy needles and techniques for processing has greatly ically indicated in a figure or its legend is necessarily increased the number of routinely taken bone biopsies mentioned in the text; and often a range of observations and placed the examination of bone marrow biopsy is illustrated and in these cases the legends are self sectiors also in the field of histopathology - so that explanatory. this Atlas is one of the Current Histopathology series. This Atlas is directed to haematologists and to histo Therefore, the haematologist and the histopathologist pathologists and to anyone interested in the investigation now complement each other in the interpretation of bone and understanding of the human bone marrow. marrow smears, imprints and sections, thus utilizing all available information and expertise to arrive at a diagnosis.

Die Morphologie war schon immer die Basis der klinischen und experimen- tellen Hiimatologie. Die Knochenmarkaspiration mittels Punktionskaniile liefert seit iiber 50 Jahren, seit M. J. Arinkin 1929 (in Folia Haematologica 38: 233) die Methode der Nadelaspiration des Knochenmarks beschrieb, das Material zur Erkennung abnormer blutbildender Zellen und damit zur Diagnose von Blutkrankheiten. Ausstrichpriiparate des Aspirats, gefiirbt nach Pappenheim, liefem bestechend klare zytomorphologische Details. Wegen der unterschiedlichen Verteilung der hiimatopoetischen Zellen in den Markriiumen kann aber die Aspiration die wirkliche Zellanordnung nicht wiedergeben; auch kann sie die riiumlichen Beziehungen der hiimato- poetischen Zellen im Markstroma nieht aufkliiren; erst recht nieht die Wachstumsmuster maligner Lymphome und anderer Neoplasien sowie die Auswirkungen intramedulliirer Krankheiten auf den Knochen oder ossiirer Krankheiten auf das Mark. Die chirurgisch entnommene Markbiopsie ist iilter als die Nadelaspira- tion; die friihesten Beschreibungen dieser Technik stammen von Pianese (1903), der Mark aus der Femurepiphyse entnahm, und von Ghedini (1908), der den oberen Anteil der Tibia biopsierte. Erst spiiter wurde die Technik der Biopsieentnahme aus dem Brustbein und dem Beckenkamm entwiekelt. Letztere setzte sich als diagnostische Ergiinzungsmethode zur Markpunk- tion durch. Die einfache Aspirationsmethode stand im Widerspruch zu den schwierigeren Biopsietechniken. SchlieBlich lohnte das diagnostische End- produkt der Biopsie kaum die Miihen bei der Herstellung der Gewebs- schnitte. Wiihrend die Biopsieentnahme durch bessere Nadelmodifikatio- nen einfacher wurde, blieben die Schnitte entkalkter Biopsien beim Stu- dium der Zellmorphologie nur ein zweitrangiger Ersatz fUr das Aspirations- material.