Breast Pathology: Diagnosis by Needle Core Biopsy is a heavily illustrated text offering 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
• use of myoepithelial immunostains in the diagnosis of microinvasive carcinoma
• new data on treatment and prognosis

Contents

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

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