Comparison of Aspiration and Core Needle Biopsy

In the assessment of breast lesions, the time-honored triple approach utilizing clinical assessment, radiological assessment, and pathologic assessment cannot be overemphasized. In the pathologic assessment of breast lesions, small samples assessments (FN

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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Breast Atlas of Cyto-Histologic Correlates

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Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Breast

Gary Tse • Puay Hoon Tan Fernando Schmitt Authors

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Breast Atlas of Cyto-Histologic Correlates

Authors Dr. Gary Tse Prince of Wales Hospital Department of Anatomical And Cellular Pathology The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, NT Hong Kong SAR

Prof. Dr. Fernando Schmitt Department of Pathology and Oncology Medical Faculty of Porto University and IPATIMUP Porto Portugal

Dr. Puay Hoon Tan Department of Pathology Singapore General Hospital Singapore Contributing author of Chapter 9 – Nour Sneige and Gary Tse Chapter 10 – Andrew S. Field and Gary Tse Chapter 13 – Jill Su Lin Wong, Gay Hui Ho, and Puay Hoon Tan

ISBN 978-3-642-34999-7 ISBN 978-3-642-35000-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-35000-9 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London

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Foreword

Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the breast, although introduced in the 1930, became popular in the 1970s. As with many other techniques in medicine, it started slowly but gained greater acceptance