Lymph Node Cytopathology

• Main Authors: Pambuccian, Stefan E. (Author), Bardales, Ricardo H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Essentials in Cytopathology, 10
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Lymph Node Cytopathology by Stefan E. Pambuccian, MD, and Ricardo H. Bardales, MD, will fulfill the need for an easy-to-use and authoritative synopsis of lymph node cytopathology. This volume, part of the Essentials in Cytopathology book series, fits into the lab coat pocket and is ideal for portabi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overview of Ancillary Methods in Lymph Node FNA diagnosis
• Lymphadenopathy: Anatomic and Clinical Clues to Fine Needle Aspiration Diagnosis
• Cytology of Normal/Reactive Lymph Nodes
• Overall assessment of the aspirate: Diagnostic clues
• Overview of the algorithmic pattern-based approach to lymph node FNA
• The Polymorphous Lymphoid Cell Pattern
• The Monotonous Small-Cell Pattern
• The Monotonous Intermediate-Size Cell Pattern
• The Monotonous Large Cell Pattern
• The Pleomorphic Cell Pattern
• Infectious and Non-Infectious Lymphadenitis
• Unusual Neoplastic and Nonneoplastic Conditions of Lymph Nodes
• Pitfalls and Limitations of FNA of Lymph Nodes
• Index.