Cytohistology of the Serous Membranes

Each volume in this richly illustrated series, sponsored by the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology, provides an organ-based approach to the cytological and histological diagnosis of small tissue samples. Benign, reactive and malignant entities are presented in a well-organized and standardized format, with high-resolution color photomicrographs, tables, tabulated specific morphologic criteria and ancillary testing algorithms. Example vignettes allow the reader to assimilate the diagnostic principles in a case-based format. This volume provides a comprehensive review of effusion pathology, with extensive color illustrations. Throughout the text cytologic findings are correlated with cell blocks and surgical pathology follow-up. Dedicated chapters provide an update of the biology, immunocytochemistry and molecular diagnostic features utilized in the multimodal approach to serosal pathology, and the utility of core biopsies as a complement to the diagnostic approach. With a CD-ROM offering all images in a dow

Claire W. Michael is Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. David C. Chhieng is Professor of Pathology and Director of Cytology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Carlos W. M. Bedrossian is Professor of Pathology at Rush University Medical College and Medical Director, Biomedical Concepts, Chicago, Illinois, USA.