BRS Pathology, one of the flagship titles in the best-selling Board Review Series, is the best pathology review for the USMLE Step 1 exam. The concise, well-organized text helps students identify major pathological concepts deserving special emphasis. More than 450 USMLE-style review questions appear as chapter reviews and an end-of-book comprehensive exam. All questions include answers and full explanation sections. The Fourth Edition features full-color text and 75 additional full-color photographs to guide students to visual mastery of pathologic diagnosis.

A companion Website provides the fully searchable text and all the questions in the text through an interactive question bank.

Section I: CELLULAR REACTION TO INJURY

• I. Adaptation to Environmental Stress
• II. Hypoxic Cell Injury
• III. Free Radical Injury
• IV. Chemical Cell Injury

Section II: INFLAMMATION

• I. Introduction
• II. Acute Inflammation
• III. Chronic Inflammation
• IV. Tissue Repair

Section III: HEMODYNAMIC DYSFUNCTION

• I. Hemorrhage
• II. Hyperemia
• III. Infarction
• IV. Thrombosis

Section IV: GENETIC DISORDERS

• I. Chromosomal Disorders
• II. Modes of Inheritance of Monogenic Disorders
• III. Mendelian Disorders

Section V: IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION

• I. Cells of the Immune System
• II. Cytokines
• III. Complement System
• IV. Human Leukocyte Antigen System
• V. Innate versus Acquired Immunity
• VI. Mechanisms of Immune Injury

Section VI: NEOPLASIA

• I. General Considerations
• II. Classification and Nomenclature of Tumors
• III. Properties of Neoplasms
• IV. Carcinogenesis and Etiology
• V. Other Neoplastic Disorders with Known DNA Defects
• VI. Grading and Staging

Section VII: ENVIRONMENTAL PATHOLOGY

• I. Physical Injury
• II. Chemical Abuse
• III. Environmental Chemical Injuries
• IV. Adverse Effects of Therapeutic Drugs

Section VIII: NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS

• I. Malnutrition
• II. Vitamins
• III. Obesity

Section IX

• VASCULAR SYSTEM
• I. Arterial Disorders
• II. Venous Disorders
• III. Tumors of Blood Vessels
• IV. Vasculitis Syndromes (Vasculitides)
• V. Functional Vascular Disorders
• VI. Hypertension

Section X: THE HEART

• I. Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD)
• II. Rheumatic Fever
• III. Other Forms of Endocarditis
• IV. Valvular Heart Disease
• V. Congenital Heart Disease
• VI. Diseases of the Myocardium
• VII. Diseases of the Pericardium
• VIII. Tumors of the Heart
• IX. Congestive Heart Failure
• X. Hypertrophy of the Heart

Section XI: ANEMIA

• I. General Concepts
• II. Acute Posthemorrhagic Anemia
• III. Iron Deficiency Anemia
• IV. Megaloblastic Anemias
• V. Anemia of Chronic Disease
• VI. Aplastic Anemia
• VII. Myelophthisic Anemia
• VIII. Hemolytic Anemias

Section XII: NEOPLASTIC AND PROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC AND LYMPHOID SYSTEMS

• I. Leukemia
• II. Myeloproliferative Diseases
• III. Non-neoplastic Lymphoid Proliferations
• IV. Plasma Cell Disorders
• V. Lymphoid Neoplasms

Section XIII: HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS

• I. Disorders of Primary Hemostasis
• II. Disorders of Secondary Hemostasis
• III. Combined Primary and Secondary Hemostatic Defects

Section XIV: RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

• I. Disorders of the Upper Respiratory Tract
• II. Tumors of the Upper Respiratory Tract

Section XV: GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

• I. Diseases of the Mouth and Jaw

Section XVI: LIVER, GALLBLADDER, AND EXOCRINE PANCREAS

• I. Diseases of the Liver

Section XVII: KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT

Section XVIII: MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Section XIX: FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND BREAST

Section XX: ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Section XXI: SKIN

Section XXII: MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Section XXIII: NERVOUS SYSTEM

Section XXIV: INTERPRETATION OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS: LABORATORY STATISTICS

Comprehensive Examination

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