Serous Cavity Fluid and Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytopathology

• Main Authors: Ali, Syed Z. (Author), Cibas, Edmund S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Series: Essentials in Cytopathology, 11
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Cytologic diagnosis by examination of exfoliated cells in serous cavity fluids is one of the most challenging areas in clinical cytopathology. Almost 20% of the effusions examined are directly or indirectly related to the presence of malignant disease, with carcinoma of the lung as the most common u...