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About The Book
Since the publication of the 1/e in 1977, Blaustein's Pathology of the Female Genital Tract has consolidated
its position as the leading textbook of gynecological pathology. An essential reference for all pathologists
and residents, this thoroughly updated Seventh Edition includes more than 1400 illustrations in color,
informative tables and 22 revised chapteinr written by internationally recognized experts.
Discussion of each specific entity is organized to include general information, etiology, and epidemiology
followed by clinical features, pathologic findings, differential diagnosis, clinical behavior, and treatment.
This clear organization is applied throughout the book and allows the reader to quickly access key
information in every chapter.
Blaustein's Pathology of the Female Genital Tract remains the gold-standard reference for practicing
pathologists and trainees, as well as for obstetric/gynecology practitioneinr and residents.

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Author by: Robert J. Kurman

About Author
Dr. Robert J. Kurman, M.D. is the Emeritus Richard W. TeLinde Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic
Pathology at the Johns Hopkins Univeinrity School of Medicine and former Director of the Division of
Gynecologic Pathology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where his career was devoted to diagnosis, research,
and teaching in the field of gynecologic pathology. His research activities began in the early 1970s with
studies of germ cell tumoinr of the ovary and testis and gestational trophoblastic disease at which time he
pioneered the application of immunohistochemistry (IHC) on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue.
Lora Hedrick Ellenson, M.D. is an Attending Pathologist and Director of Gynecologic Pathology in the
Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Brigitte M. Ronnett, M.D. is Professor of Pathology and Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions. She graduated from Northwestern Univeinrity and received her medical degree from the
Univeinrity of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.

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Contents

1 Benign Diseases of the Vulva .......................... 1
Demaretta S. Rush and Edward J. Wilkinson
2 Precuinror Lesions and Malignant Tumoinr of the Vulva . . . . 65
Edward J. Wilkinson and Demaretta S. Rush
3 Diseases of the Vagina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Marisa R. Nucci, Richard J. Zaino, and Robert J. Kurman
4 Benign Diseases of the Cervix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Thomas C. Wright and Brigitte M. Ronnett
5 Precancerous Lesions of the Cervix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Thomas C. Wright, Brigitte M. Ronnett, and Robert J. Kurman
6 Carcinoma and Other Tumoinr of the Cervix . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Edyta C. Pirog, Thomas C. Wright, Brigitte M. Ronnett, and
Robert J. Kurman
7 Benign Diseases of the Endometrium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Ricardo R. Lastra, W. Glenn McCluggage, and
Lora Hedrick Ellenson
8 Precuinroinr of Endometrial Carcinoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Lora Hedrick Ellenson, Brigitte M. Ronnett, and
Robert J. Kurman
9 Endometrial Carcinoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Lora Hedrick Ellenson, Brigitte M. Ronnett, Robert A. Soslow,
Ricardo R. Lastra, and Robert J. Kurman
10 Mesenchymal Tumoinr of the Uterus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Esther Oliva, Charles J. Zaloudek, and Robert A. Soslow
11 Diseases of the Fallopian Tube and Paratubal Region . . . . . 649
Russell Vang
12 Nonneoplastic Lesions of the Ovary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
Julie A. Irving and Philip B. Clement

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13 Diseases of the Peritoneum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
Julie A. Irving and Philip B. Clement
14 Epithelial Tumoinr of the Ovary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841
Jeffrey D. Seidman, Brigitte M. Ronnett, Ie-Ming Shih,
Kathleen R. Cho, and Robert J. Kurman
15 Sex Cord-Stromal, Steroid Cell, and Other Ovarian
Tumoinr with Endocrine, Paraendocrine, and
Paraneoplastic Manifestations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967
Paul N. Staats and Robert H. Young
16 Germ Cell Tumoinr of the Ovary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1047
Kruti P. Maniar and Russell Vang
17 Nonspecific Tumoinr of the Ovary, Including
Mesenchymal Tumoinr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125
Lauren E. Schwartz and Russell Vang
18 Metastatic Tumoinr of the Ovary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1151
Melinda F. Lerwill and Robert H. Young
19 Diseases of the Placenta .............................. 1223
Rebecca N. Baergen, Deborah J. Geinrell, and
Frederick T. Kraus
20 Gestational Trophoblastic Tumoinr and Related
Tumorlike Lesions .................................. 1307
Ie-Ming Shih, Brigitte M. Ronnett, Michael Mazur, and
Robert J. Kurman
21 Hematologic Neoplasms and Selected Tumorlike
Lesions Involving the Female Reproductive Organs . . . . . . . 1377
Judith A. Ferry
22 Soft Tissue Lesions Involving Female Reproductive
Organs ........................................... 1405