Atlas of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (eBook)

This updated and expanded second edition covers all of the diagnostic areas where FNAC is used today. Each chapter follows a similar, practical format: diagnostic criteria with an emphasis of differential diagnoses; diagnostic problems and pitfalls; and relevant findings of ancillary methods. Authoritative discussions will reflect accepted international viewpoints. The interaction of the cytologist or cytopathologist with other specialists (radiologists, oncologists and surgeons) is emphasized and illustrated throughout.

With contributions from experts in the field internationally and many new colour images Atlas of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to FNAC for pathologists, cytopathologists, radiologists, oncologists, surgeons and others involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with suspicious mass lesions.

Henryk Domaski was born in 1956, and gained his medical degree from the Medical Academy in Wroclaw, Poland, in 1982. In 1987 he obtained his Swedish medical licence, in 1990 he qualified for the Anatomical Pathology speciality (Sweden) and in 1991 the Cytopathology speciality (Sweden). In 2005 he completed his PhD Thesis entitled: Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of spindle cell tumors of soft tissue, including the use of ancillary methods, and correlation with clinical data. He became Associate Professor of Pathology, Lund University, Sweden in 2009. He is also Senior Staff, Department of Pathology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden and Coordinator of the Cytology Service, University and Regional Laboratories Region Skåne, Sweden. He is co-author or editor in five atlases, three book chapters and 100 papers published in international journals.