Diagnostic Cytopathology: Expert Consult: Online and Print

The new edition of Diagnostic Cytopathology provides the practicing and trainee cytopathologist with a comprehensive guide to the diagnostic applications of exfoliative and aspiration cytology. The book covers normal and abnormal cytological findings encountered in all body sites where cytological applications are used. Appropriate histopathological, immunohistochemical and molecular correlations, together with a consideration of the possible differential diagnoses, accompany the cytological findings. The reader can see a full range of normal and abnormal findings with almost 2,000 full-colour images. The book is heavily referenced to ensure that it will serve as a practical resource for daily reference in the laboratory. A uniformity of basic chapter structure will help readers to quickly find the diagnostic answers they seek. New to this edition This edition stresses not just the diagnostic cytological features of the various conditions encountered, but also the diagnostic pitfalls and the grey areas between so as to enable the reader to give more evidence-based reports. In recognition of their rapid expansion, there are new chapters on recent technological developments and on the cytodiagnosis of childhood tumours. A special section on the importance of multidisciplinary team meetings that include the cytopathologist as a core member of the team has also been included at the end of each chapter. As active members of this team, cytopathologists can define their role in the management pathway and thus bring the patient and the microscope together as never before. The full text can be accessed online and images downloaded via Expert Consult. By Winifred Gray, MB BS, FRCPath, Consultant Cytopathologist/Histopathologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK and Gabrijela Kocjan, MB BS FRCPath, Consultant Cytopathologist, University College Hospital, London CONTENTS Cytopathology: The history, the present and the future direction Respiratory tract: normal, reactive and inflammatory changes Serous Effusions: Reactive and malignant Breast: Normal, inflammatory and reactive conditions Salivary glands Oral cavity Oesophagus and gastrointestinal tract Liver Gall bladder and biliary system Pancreas The kidney and retroperitoneal tissuess Urinary tract Lymph nodes Other lymphoreticular organs Organ Transplantation Immunosuppression Thyroid Gland Other endocrine organs Prostate: benign and malignant Testis and scrotum. Male infertility Vulva, vagina and cervix: normal cytology, hormonal and inflammatory conditions Cervical Screening Programmes Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix Glandular neoplasia of cervix Other tumors and tumour-like conditions of cervix, vulva and vagina Cytology of the body of the uterus Ovaries, fallopian tubes and associated lesions Retroperitoneum Skin Soft tissue and musculoskeletal system The cytology of synovial fluid Cerebrospinal fluid and brain smears The Eyelids, Orbit and Eye Childhood tumours New techniques