This book consists of 28 chapters and is organized into three sections namely general pathology, hematology and clinical pathology and systemic pathology.
Section 1—General pathology: It provides an overview of the basic pathologic mechanisms underlying diseases including cellular adaptations, inflammation, wound healing, chronic inflammation, hemodynamic disorders, immunological disorders, neoplasia, genetics and nutritional disorders.
Section 2—Hematology and clinical pathology: It consists of disorder of red cells, disorder of white cells and disorders of hemostasis and clinical pathology essential for the undergraduate students. This was an additional section which was not presented in the first edition of the book. With its introduction, this book becomes a complete exam manual for all students. However, students are requested to go through the second edition of the book titled Essentials in Hematology and Clinical Pathology authored by Dr Ramadas Nayak and Dr Sharada Rai for detailed knowledge of hematology and clinical pathology.
Section 3—Systemic pathology: It deals with systemic pathology with chapters devoted to diseases of various organ systems including vascular, cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, liver and biliary tract, pancreas, kidney, male and female genital tract, bones, endocrines, skin and central nervous system.
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