Book Details

• Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

• Author: Nandita Bharadwaj Kakkar

• Language: English

• Pages: 768

• Binding: Hardcover

• Edition: 1

• Release Date: 28-02-2019

• ISBN: 9789352706129

• Package Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.7 inches

About the Book
This landmark first edition by Nandita Bharadwaj Kakkar presents an unparalleled, comprehensive compilation of 101 medical autopsy cases—48 adult and 53 pediatric, including children, infants, neonates, stillbirths, and terminated fetuses. It is the first book in world literature to compile medical autopsy cases with complete clinical details, full pathological findings, and an extensive gallery of more than 3,000 gross and microscopic images.

Organized systematically, the cases cover a vast range of conditions: hematologic disorders, malignancies, infections, hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases, cardiovascular system disorders, systemic vasculitides, primary renal mucormycosis, histiocytosis, primary immunodeficiency, infantile nephrotic syndromes, congenital heart disease, storage disorders, and pediatric renal cystic diseases (developmental/genetic/syndromic). Additional foundational chapters on medical autopsy, systemic vasculitides, tubercular meningitis, and pediatric renal cystic diseases enhance conceptual understanding.

Each autopsy case is presented as a complete clinical journey—beginning with case highlights and clinical details, followed by investigations, clinical diagnosis, full autopsy or histopathological findings with extensive image support, final diagnosis, literature review, commentary, index case, take-home message, and references. The book’s case-based, structured, and illustrative approach makes it an indispensable teaching and reference resource for pathologists, clinicians, pediatricians, neonatologists, radiologists, obstetricians, and both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students.