Experts from Europe, Japan and the United States have contributed to this in-depth volume on digestive disease pathology. Each chapter contains numerous electron micrographs, often supplemented byline drawings, and extensive references to the literature.The clear illustrations and text are an excellent aid for the diagnosis of pathological entities in the gastrointestinal tract.

Pathology of the Stomach and Duodenum comprehensively surveys gastric and duodenal disease, including clinical findings, pathophysiology, and epidemiology, and emphasizing diagnostic gross and microscopic pathology. Topics discussed include anomalies, gastritis, peptic ulceration, hyperplasias and benign epithelial tumors, carcinoma of the stomach and duodenum, carcinoid tumors, reactive and neoplastic lymphoid lesions, gastric smooth muscle and nerve sheath tumors, and miscellaneous lesions and rare conditions reflecting gastroduodenal participation in systemic disease.