Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology: Definitions, Criteria, and Explanatory Notes

This new edition of The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology has been extensively updated and revised to reflect the new 2001 Bethesda terminology as well as methodological advances in cervical cytology. The handbook has now been expanded to include more than 185 full color illustrations (three times the number of color images in the first edition). New to the Second Edition are sections that address ancillary testing, including HPV, the inclusion of educational notes and recommendations, computerized screening, and anal cytology, as well as sample reports. In line with recent advances, the text and images will address liquid-based cytology in addition to conventional cytology. In addition to its user-friendly outline format, the inclusion of an index will allow the reader easier access to the information. A must-have for pathologists, cytopathologists, pathology residents, cytotechnologists, and clinicians.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
List of abbreviations
Introduction
The 2001 Bethesda system in table format
1 Specimen adequacy 1
2 Non-neoplastic findings 21
3 Endometrial cells : the how and when of reporting 57
4 Atypical squamous cells 67
5 Epithelial abnormalities : squamous 89
6 Epithelial abnormalities : glandular 123
7 Other malignant neoplasms 157
8 Anal-rectal cytology 169
9 Ancillary testing 177
10 Computer-assisted interpretation of cervical cytology 181
11 Educational notes and suggestions appended to cytology reports 185
Index 189