This atlas deals with conditions commonly encountered in the male
genital tract. Whilst the majority of illustra- tions are
photomicrographs, photographs of macro- scopic specimens are also used
to illustrate important features in distinguishing different
pathological con- ditions. Special emphasis is placed on the small
biopsy specimens obtained from prostate and testis in modern urological
practice and the importance of clinico- pathological co-operation in
pathological practice is stressed. Recent advances in our knowledge of
testicu- lar tumours are discussed and illustrated. The text is not
entirely descriptive and attempts to give an intellectual framework
around which histopathological diagnosis in this field can be practised.
A modest number of references are included; they have not been singled
out as representing milestones in the development of our knowledge of
these conditions - the choice has rather more centred upon recent
reports from which a litera- ture search can be mounted if required. The
atlas in no way pretends to be an encyclopaedic reference of con-
ditions of the male genital tract but attempts to provide an up-to-date
comprehensive discussion of the histo- pathology of this system.
Acknowledgements I am most grateful to Mr Keith Gordon for developing
all the photomicrographs and to Mr Geoff Gilbert and his staff in the
Audio-Visual Department of the City Hospital who took the majority of
the macroscopic illustrations. I must particularly thank my secretary,
Mrs Dorothy Clay- ton, for typing and retyping my draft chapters and for
deciphering my hieroglyphics.
