Pancreas and Biliary Tract Cytohistology

Description

Year:2019
Pages:354
Language:English
Format:PDF
Size:21 MB
ISBN-10:3030224325
ISBN-13:978-3030224325
ASIN:B07XM1Y5VJ

(Essentials in Cytopathology) 1st ed. 2019 Edition

by Abha Goyal (Editor), Rema Rao (Editor), Momin T. Siddiqui (Editor)

This book focuses on all aspects of pancreatic pathology, from key features of benign and malignant lesions to diagnostic pearls for differential diagnosis of encountered entities in pancreatobiliary fine needle aspirations and small biopsies. Chapters include a brief introduction and a practical approach to diagnose benign and malignant lesions. The key cytomorphologic features and main differential diagnoses are also summarized in concise tables. Richly colored images complement the text and represent key findings pertaining to the text discussion. An important and current chapter on molecular testing proves to be very useful for the readership for their daily practice in this era of targeted therapy. Written by experts in the fields, all authors contribute their collective experience of preeminent cytopathology service spanning a long time span. Pancreas and Biliary Tract Cytohistology serves as a practical resource for cytotechnologists, cytopathologists and pathologists who are practicing cytopathology and rendering diagnoses on small biopsy samples on pancreatic lesions.