BOOK REVIEW
Tumours of the Serosal Membranes. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Atlas of Tumour Pathology, Fourth Series, Fascicle 3
Edited by A Churg, P T Cagle, V L Roggli. DC: Washington, 2006, $75.00, pp 147. ISBN 1-881041-97-2
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Tumours of the serosal membranes is fascicle 3 of the fourth series of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Atlas of tumour pathology. It covers lesions of the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium and tunica vaginalis. It follows the style of the other fascicles in the series, with a roughly even balance of text and coloured illustrations. There are useful chapters on the anatomy of the serosal membranes, cytological aspects of diagnosis and the histopathological differential diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma from other tumours, and benign versus malignant mesothelial reactions. Nowadays, it is probably the latter that causes most problems to cytopathologists and histopathologists.
I do not completely agree with the authors in dismissing the role of immunohistochemistry in the differentiation of reactive from malignant epithelioid-type mesothelial proliferations, as I have found the use of p53, epithelial membrane antigen and desmin to be useful. However, this is "nit picking". The book is comprehensive
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