Contents;

Foreword

Optimal Cytopathologic Evaluation


SPECIMEN PROCUREMENT COLLECTION
STAINING

Anatomy

Bibliography

NONNEOPLASTIC EPITHELIAL CHANGES

ALLERGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC DISORDERS

Bibliography

An Overview of Lung

Bibliography

Respiratory cytopathology is indispensable in the workup of patients suspected of having lung cancer requiring cytologic evaluation and is used increasingly in immunocompromised patients for the identification of infectious diseases. Currently, there is no single text devoted exclusively to Pulmonary Cytology. Color Atlas of Pulmonary Cytopathology is the only text to include, under one cover, up-to-date information on every aspect of Respiratory Cytopathology. The atlas includes techniques of bronchoscopy, brochoalveolar lavage, and fine needle aspiration biopsy, a detailed section on cytopreparatory techniques, liberal use of images on histomorphology to complement cytology, emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls, a detailed section on cytopathology of non-neoplastic conditions, unusual and uncommon lesions, cytology of metastatic lung cancers to other body sites, and a section on pediatric pulmonary cytology. Abundantly illustrated with over 1300 color images on 108 plates, the atlas presents not only the usual cytohistologic patterns of various disease entities, but also focuses on differential diagnostic problems and depicts the differentiating features. Over 75 tables summarize cytologic criteria and differentiating features. A must-have reference for cytotechnology students, cytotechnologists, pathologists, pathology residents, cytopathologists, as well as pulmonologists. Common terms and phrases: Acta Cytol adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma cells alveolar benign bronchial brushings bronchial washings bronchioloalveolar carcinoma bronchoalveolar lavage bronchoscopic carcinoid tumor cell borders cell tumor cell undifferentiated carcinoma cellular Chapter chromatin Clin clinical cytologic cytomorphology Cytopathologic features Cytopathologic Findings cytoplasm Diagn Cytopathol diagnosis Differential diagnoses disease endobronchial eosinophilic epithelium exfoliate Figs Figure fluid giant cells granular chromatin granulomas Gross and Histologic Higher magnification histiocytes hyperplasia Immunoprofile infection infiltrate inflammatory involvement keratin Large cell neuroendocrine large cell undifferentiated lesions lung cancer lymphocytes lymphoid lymphoma macrophages malignant cells malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma metastatic morphologic mucin multinucleated necrosis needle aspiration biopsy neoplasms neuroendocrine tumors nodules nuclear membranes nuclear molding nuclei nucleoli Papanicolaou stain papillary Pathol patients pattern peripheral Plate pleomorphic pneumocytes pneumonia poorly differentiated present primary Pulmonary adenocarcinomas reactive respiratory specimens round to oval sarcoma showing small cell carcinoma smears spindle cell squamous carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma syncytial tissue fragments transbronchial transthoracic ultrastructural vacuolated variable