About this book
* More than 200 color illustrations
* Based upon Bethesda terminology
* Concise and user-friendly format

Thyroid fine needle aspiration is one of the most commonly performed cytologic procedures and is the standard diagnostic method for managing the patient with a thyroid nodule. Until now, there has been no uniform system for reporting the results of thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) in the U.S.
The terminology described in this book is an important advance in the field of cytopathology. It represents the results of the multidisciplinary National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration State of The Science Conference, held in Bethesda, MD in October, 2007.
The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology will provide the reader with a unified approach to diagnosing and reporting thyroid FNA interpretations. It will serve as a reference guide not just for pathologists, but also endocrinologists, surgeons, and radiologists.

Written for:Cytopathologists, anatomic/clinical pathologists, cytopathology fellows/trainees, cytotechnicians

Keywords:

* Carcinoma
* Lymphoma
* Neoplasm
* Tumor

Introduction.

Overview of Diagnostic Terminology and Reporting.
Non-Diagnostic Specimen.
Cyst Fluid Only.
Benign Cellular Changes.
Atypical Follicular Cells of Undetermined Significance (AFCUS).
Suspicious for Follicular Neoplasm.
Suspicious for Hurthle Cell Neoplasm.
Suspicious for Malignancy.
Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Variants.
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.
Poorly Differentiated Carcinomas.
Anaplastic (Undifferentiated) Carcinoma.
Metastatic Tumors and Lymphomas

Index.