Edited by two eminent authorities on breast pathology, this heavily illustrated text offers essential guidance on diagnostic evaluation of needle core biopsies. The focus is on the most common and challenging differential diagnostic problems encountered in these specimens. More than 1,100 full-color illustrations depict the entire spectrum of breast pathology seen in needle core biopsies.

This edition includes new information on issues in the diagnosis of solid papillary carcinoma; molecular studies of microglandular adenosis; carcinoma with basal phenotype; the e-cadherin immunostain in the diagnosis of lobular carcinoma; use of immunostains to distinguish between papilloma and low-grade papillary carcinoma; and use of myoepithelial immunostains in the diagnosis of microinvasive carcinoma. The book also includes new data on treatment and prognosis.

A companion website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank.

1 Diagnostic Cytology: Origins and Principles

2 Basic Structure of the Mammalian Cell

3 How Cells Function

4 Principles of Cytogenetics

5 Recognizing and Classifying Cells

6 Morphologic Response of Cells to Injury

7 Fundamental Concepts in Neoplasia

8 Normal Female Genital Tract

9 Cytologic Evaluation of Menstrual Disorders and Hormonal Abnormalities in Woman

10 Benign Disorders of the Uterine Cervix and Vagina

11 Squamous Carcinoma of Uterine Cervix and Its Precursors

12 Adenocarcinoma and Related Tumors of the Uterine Cervix

13 Proliferative Disorders and Carcinoma of the Endometrium

14 Diseases of the Vagina, Vulva, Perineum, and Anus

15 Tumors of the Ovary and Fallopian Tube

16 Peritoneal Lavagev

17 Rare and Unusual Disorders of the Female Genital Tract

18 The Effects of Various Therapeutic Procedures and Drugs on the Epithelia of the Female Genital Tract

19 Respiratory Tract in Absence of Cancer

20 Tumors of Lung

21 Epithelial Lesions of Oral Cavity, Larynx, Trachea, Nasopharynx, and Paranasal Sinuses

22 Lower Urinary Tract in Absence of Cancer

23 Tumors of Urinary Tract

24 GI Tract

25 Effusions in Absence of Cancer

26 Effusions in Presence of Cancer

27 Cerebrospinal and Misc Fluids

28 Techniques of Aspiration, Smear Preparation, and Interpretation

29 Breast

30 Thyroid and Neck

31 Lymph Nodes

32 Salivary Glands

33 Prostate and Testes

34 Skin

35 Soft Tissue Lesions

36 Bone

37 Mediastinum

38 Liver and Spleen

39 Pancreas

40 Kidney, Adrenal, Retroperitoneum

41 Eye

42 CNS

Index