The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology
This book describes a novel and proven approach to cytologically classify urinary samples for the detection of bladder cancer and lesions of the upper urinary tract. The new method is based on the collective experience of knowledgeable cytopathologis
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Dorothy L. Rosenthal Eva M. Wojcik Daniel F. I. Kurtycz Editors
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The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology
Dorothy L. Rosenthal • Eva M. Wojcik Daniel F.I. Kurtycz Editors
The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology
Editors Dorothy L. Rosenthal The Johns Hopkins Hospital The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
Eva M. Wojcik Department of Pathology Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL, USA
Daniel F.I. Kurtycz Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Madison, WI, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-22863-1 ISBN 978-3-319-22864-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22864-8
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To my husband, Bill, who taught me what it’s like to live with bladder cancer.—DLR To the men of my life—my husband, Mike, and my sons, Adam and Mark.—EMW To my wife, Tina, who taught me how to dance.—DFK
Foreword
From Bethesda to Paris—At Last We Have Standardized Terminology for Urinary Cytology! In our capacity as pathologists, we serve as consultants to our clinical colleagues and patients. Particularly in anatomic pathology, our reports are the documentation of this communication and constitute a major component of the patient’s electronic medical record. To enable clinicians to choose the optimal management option(s) for their patient, it is imperative that these reports accurately, clearly, and predictably communicate our pathology findings. In anatomic pathology, especially in cytopathology, we variably use terms such as “suspicious,” “indeterminate,” or “atypical” to describe the same findings. The use of these equivocal terms varies among differe
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