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…
The breast
CHAPTER 4 The breast Torill Sauer, Derek Roskell Chapter contents Introduction The normal breast Inflammatory conditions Breast cysts and fibrocystic change Benign tumours and tumour-like lesions Epithelial hyperplasias and tumour-like…
Lymph nodes
CHAPTER 13 Lymph nodes Lambert Skoog, Edneia Tani Chapter contents Introduction The role of cytology in lymph node diagnosis Technical aspects Normal lymph node histology and cytology Reactive lymphadenopathy Acute…
Cytology of the body of the uterus
CHAPTER 26 Cytology of the body of the uterus Tadao K. Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Norimatsu, Anna Maria Buccoliero Chapter contents Introduction Endometrial sampling and processing Cells present in endometrial samples Cytological…
Urine cytology
CHAPTER 12 Urine cytology Stephen S. Raab Chapter contents Introduction Specimen types Specimen processing Diagnostic categories Cytomorphological criteria of benign and neoplastic urinary tract specimens Malignancy and its pitfalls High-grade…
