Diagnostic Cytopathology Essentials

Diagnostic Cytopathology Essentials provides the cyto/histopathologist in practice and in training with a succinct but comprehensive guide to diagnosis in gynaecological and non-gynaecological cytology. It provides quick answers to diagnostic problems in the cytological recognition and interpretation of a wide range of disease entities. Organized by body region, its innovative, accessible outline format, bullet point style and numerous, high quality images make essential key facts about any given condition easy to find and retrieve. The content follows the same order and is derived from the authoritative reference work Diagnostic Cytopathology. By Gabrijela Kocjan, MD, MB BS, Spec Clin Cyt (Zagreb), FRCPath(London), Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant, Head of Diagnostic Cytopathology, University College London, London; Winifred Gray, MB BS, FRCPath, Retired Consultant Pathologist, Oxford; Tanya Levine, MA(Oxon), MBBS, RCDipPath(Cyto), FRCPath, Director, London Regional Cytology Training Centre, Consultant Cellular Pathologist, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, London ; Ika Kardum-Skelin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and Consultant Cytologist, Specialist in Medical/Clinical Cytology, Head of Department of Clinical Cytology and Cytogenetics, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia and Philippe Vielh, MD, PhD, Pathologist, Director of Cytopathology, Department of Medical Biology and Pathology, Institute de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Table of Contents: 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