Specimen Adequacy
Fig. 1.1 Unsatisfactory due to scant squamous cellularity. Endocervical cells are seen in a honeycomb arrangement (LBP, ThinPrep at 10× magnification) Fig. 1.2 Unsatisfactory – scant cellularity (LBP, SurePath). Although…
Other Malignant Neoplasms
Fig. 7.1 Spindle cell carcinoma (CP). Spindle-shaped nonkeratinizing cells displaying variability in nuclear size, nuclear membrane irregularity, coarse granular chromatin, and conspicuous nucleoli are arranged in a loosely cohesive cluster….
Anal Cytology
Fig. 8.1 Satisfactory specimen, negative for intraepithelial lesion (NILM) (LBP, SurePath). Benign intermediate type squamous cells, squamous metaplasia, and rectal columnar cells are present Fig. 8.2 Negative for intraepithelial lesion…
Endometrial Cells: The How and When of Reporting
Authors, year Definition of postmenopausal Cases with biopsy, n Hyperplasia, n (%) Cancer, n (%) Hyperplasia or cancer, n (%) Cherkis et al. (1988) [1] ≥40 179 23 (13) 20…
Risk Assessment Approach to Management
Fig. 12.1 Risk stratification and risk-based management. The absolute risk of disease is shown on the y-axis. A test or biomarker stratifies the population with a pretest risk into two…
Adjunctive Testing
Fig. 9.1 An example of cells from a high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion from the same specimen: (a) Papanicolaou stain; (b) p16 immunocytochemical stain showing both nuclear and cytoplasmic staining. The…
Educational Notes and Comments Appended to Cytology Reports
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Ritu Nayar and David C. Wilbur (eds.)The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology10.1007/978-3-319-11074-5_11 11. Educational Notes and Comments Appended to Cytology Reports Ritu Nayar1 , Dennis M. O’Connor2 and Teresa M. Darragh3 (1) Department of Pathology,…
Computer-Assisted Interpretation of Cervical Cytology
Test method Liquid-based preparation (specify type) Source Cervix Specimen adequacy Satisfactory for evaluation, endocervical/transformation zone component present Interpretation Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy Automated examination Processed successfully, manual screening…
Soft tissue and musculoskeletal system
CHAPTER 29 Soft tissue and musculoskeletal system Henryk A. Domanski, Måns Åkerman, Jan Silverman Chapter contents Introduction Technical procedures Complications of FNA of soft tissue and bone tumours Cytological findings…
Vulva, vagina and cervix: normal cytology, hormonal and inflammatory conditions
CHAPTER 21 Vulva, vagina and cervix normal cytology, hormonal and inflammatory conditions Tanya Levine, Winifred Gray Chapter contents Introduction Gross and microscopic anatomy Cytological identification of epithelial cells Other epithelial…
