Edmund S. Cibas MD - Cytology: Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates

Gamze Ayata, MD

Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Staff Pathologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Edmund S. Cibas, MD

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Director of Cytopathology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Barbara S. Ducatman, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, Director, West Virginia University National Center of Excellence in Womens Health

Associate Dean for Faculty Services, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia

William C. Faquin, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Director, Head and Neck Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Director, Otolaryngic Pathology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts

Christopher A. French, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Jeffrey F. Krane, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Associate Director of Cytology

Chief, Head and Neck Pathology Service, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Amy Ly, MD

Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Director, Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Martha Bishop Pitman, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Director of Cytopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Xiaohua Qian, MD, PhD

Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Andrew A. Renshaw, MD , Pathologist, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, Florida

Paul E. Wakely, Jr., MD , Professor of Pathology, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Helen H. Wang, MD, DrPH

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Medical Director of Cytology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Tad J. Wieczorek, MD , Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School;, Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

We hope this book will serve as a useful guide for the pathologist in practice and for the traineeresident or fellowwho is looking to obtain expertise in the subspecialty of cytopathology.

includes the recently revised guidelines of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology for managing women with abnormal cervical cytologic diagnoses. Good cytologists are those who understand the clinical implications of their interpretations.

A major enhancement of this new edition is the inclusion of a dedicated chapter on fine-needle aspiration technique and specimen handling, accompanied by a video demonstration. We hope trainees and even practicing pathologists will find this especially useful.

Once again, we hope we have conveyed the beauty, strength, and challenge of cytology. With this book we have strived to take some of the mystery out of cytology, but mysteries remain, their solutions still obscure. If this text inspires the reader to explore and even solve some of them, we will consider ourselves doubly rewarded.