Cytology and Surgical Pathology of Gynecologic Neoplasms
The neoplasms found in the female genital tract are numerous and growing more complex. Cytology and Surgical Pathology of Gynecologic Neoplasms has been written to provide a practical reference for practicing pathologists and cytopathologists in a quick a
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Current Clinical Pathology ANTONIO GIORDANO, MD, PHD
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Cytology and Surgical Pathology of Gynecologic Neoplasms
Edited by
David Chhieng, MD, MBA, MSHI Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Pei Hui, MD, PhD Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Editors David Chhieng Department of Pathology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT USA [email protected]
Pei Hui Department of Pathology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-60761-163-9 e-ISBN 978-1-60761-164-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-60761-164-6 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010937989 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. If there is cover art, insert cover illustration line. Give the name of the cover designer if requested by publishing. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The neoplasms found in the female genital tract are numerous and diagnostically growing more complex. Understanding gynecological pathology can be overwhelming. As an extension to comprehensive textbooks that are ubiquitous around sign-out microscope, this text has been written to provide a practical reference for practicing pathologists and cytopathologists in a quick and concise fashion. The primary focus of our book is on gynecological tumors, specifically common ones and their benign mimics, and every effort is made to integrate major diagnostic criteria with the ancillary studies. We hope we have made concrete the usually abstract dictum of gynecological pathology on both histological and cytological grounds. Understandably, as one of the highly complex pathology specialties, it is impossible to include every aspect of its ingredients in this compact reference book. Hematoxylin and eosin staining and immuno
