Lung, chest wall and pleura
CHAPTER 8 Lung, chest wall and pleura Amanda Segal, Felicity A. Frost, Jan F. Silverman Clinical aspects Lung Although sporadic reports of the diagnosis of lung carcinoma by fine needle…
Lymph nodes
CHAPTER 5 Lymph nodes John Miliauskas Clinical aspects Lymphadenopathy is a commonly encountered clinical problem which has a multitude of causes. The commonest cause of peripheral lymphadenopathy is a non-specific…
Soft tissues
CHAPTER 15 Soft tissues Måns Åkerman, Henryk Domanski Clinical aspects The use of FNB and cytodiagnosis in the primary evaluation of a mass lesion in the soft tissues has become…
Kidney, adrenal and retroperitoneum proper
CHAPTER 12 Kidney, adrenal and retroperitoneum proper Svante R. Orell, Jerzy Klijanienko Clinical aspects The place of FNAC in the investigative sequence By the 1960s, Scandinavian workers had already demonstrated…
Skin and subcutis
CHAPTER 14 Skin and subcutis Svante R. Orell, Henryk Domanski Clinical aspects The place of FNAC in the investigative sequence Fine needle biopsy (FNB) and cytodiagnosis has found only limited…
Liver and spleen
CHAPTER 10 Liver and spleen Bastiaan de Boer*, Clinical aspects Liver The place of FNA in the investigative sequence Malignancy in the liver, primary or metastatic, is usually inoperable at…
Paediatric tumors
CHAPTER 17 Paediatric tumors Reda S. Saad, Harsharan K. Singh, Jan F. Silverman Clinical aspects Incidence of paediatric tumors and histologic types Paediatric tumors show a distinctive incidence, histology, and…
Pancreas, biliary tract and intra-abdominal organs
CHAPTER 11 Pancreas, biliary tract and intra-abdominal organs Bastiaan de Boer*, Clinical aspects In the developed world, the incidence of pancreatic cancer has risen threefold since the 1920s. Prognosis is…
