Cytologic methods for the diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) lesions have been used for about 50 years. Despite this, intraoperative consultation in most centers employs only traditional frozen section analysis as the sole means to render an intraoperative diagnosis.…
Primary soft tissue lesions pose a challenge to many cytopathologists because of the relative rarity of these lesions in comparison with those of other organ systems, the lack of familiarity with soft tissue tumors on fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB)…
Fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of salivary gland and head and neck lesions can represent a major component of the total volume of FNAB in a pathologist’s practice. These specimens can also be the most challenging due to the number…
FNAB Pattern Recognition Numerous texts over the past 50 years have described the attributes of fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). The purpose of this text is not an attempt to replace these salient works in diagnostic cytopathology of FNAB lesions.…