"Atlas of Gross Neuropathology" to be released in the United States tomorrow!

I just received this nice email in my inbox this afternoon from a rising star in the neuropathology firmament. I hope that  readers will share their feedback on this new atlas in the comments section of Neuropathology Blog in the coming months:

Dear Brian:

I hope all is well for you.

I just wanted to let you know that our book is finally going to be released in the US tomorrow.

http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Gross-Neuropathology-Online-Bundle/dp/1107038162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399042523&sr=8-1&keywords=Atlas+of+Gross+of+neuropathology

We would love to hear some feedback from people about the book. We hope it is useful in many settings, specialties and different levels of training and practice.

Very best wishes,

Sandra Camelo-Piragua, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Neuropathology Division

Pathology Department

University of Michigan

1301 Catherine St, MSB1  M4213

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: 734-936-1889

Fax:       734-615-2965

Best Post of August 2015: 35-year-old woman who died after a presumed seizure episode

The next in our "Best of the Month" series is from Thursday, August 21, 2014:

A 35-year-old woman died after a witness saw her "foaming at the mouth". A seizure was presumed to have occurred by emergency personnel. At autopsy, there was mild dilatation of the lateral and third ventricles:

This translucent mass was identified in the third ventricle:

Histological examination of the cyst contents revealed:

Although no ciliated epithelium was identified within the specimen, there were columnar cells with a pseudostratified configuration:

However, the majority of the cyst lining was flattened, simple epithelium:

Diagnosis is colloid cyst of the third ventricle. Normally one would see ciliated columnar cells lining the cyst, but they appear to be attenuated and flattened by the internal pressure of the cyst itself.

My secret agent intercepted this communication

Editors: Seth Love, Arie Perry, James Ironside, Herbert Budka

Title: Greenfield's Neuropathology 9e

ISBN: 9781444166934

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Estimated pub date: 20 February 2015

Estimated extent: 2000pp

Print run: 2000 copies

Listed on Amazon for only $778.35!!!!!!