Full Description
The Essentials in Cytopathology book series fulfills the need for an easy-to-use and authoritative synopsis of site specific topics in cytopathology. These guide books fit into the lab coat pocket and are ideal for portability and quick reference. Each volume is heavily illustrated with a full color art program, while the text follows a user-friendly outline format. Central Nervous System Intraoperative Cytopathology covers the full spectrum of benign and malignant conditions of the CNS with emphasis on common disorders. The volume is heavily illustrated and contains useful algorithms that guide the reader through the differential diagnosis of common and uncommon entities encountered in the field of intraoperative neuro-cytopathology. Central Nervous System Intraoperative Cytopathology is a valuable quick reference for pathologists, cytopathologists, and fellows and trainees dealing with this exigent field.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to CNS Intraoperative CytopathologyHistorical BackgroundAccuracy of CNS Intraoperative CytopathologyHistologic Types of CNS NeoplasmsChapter 2 Clinical, Radiologic, and Technical ConsiderationsClinical ConsiderationsRadiologic ConsiderationsTechnical ConsiderationsChapter 3 Algorithmic Approach to CNS Intraoperative CytopathologySample TriageSmear EvaluationGeneral Category InterpretationChapter 4 Normal Brain and GliosisWhite Matter PatternGray Matter PatternCerebellar Cortex PatternChoroid Plexus PatternLeptomeningeal PatternReactive gliosisContaminants Chapter 5 Astrocytic TumorsDiffusely Infiltrating AstrocytomasDiffuse AstrocytomaAnaplastic AstrocytomaGlioblastomaPilocytic astrocytomaSpecial Astrocytic TumorsSubependymal Giant Cell AstrocytomaPleomorphic XanthoastrocytomaGliomatosis CerebriChapter 6 Oligodendroglial TumorsOligodendrogliomaAnaplastic Oligodendroglioma Chapter 7 Ependymal TumorsEpendymomaAnaplastic EpendymomaSubependymomaMyxopapillary EpendymomaChapter 8 Choroid Plexus TumorsChoroid Plexus PapillomaChoroid Plexus CarcinomaChapter 9 Neuronal and Glioneural TumorsDesmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma/AstrocytomaDysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial TumorGangliocytoma and GangliogliomaCentral NeurocytomaSpinal ParagangliomaChapter 10 Embryonal TumorsMedulloblastomaPrimitive Neuroectodermal TumorsAtypical Teratoid-Rhabdoid TumorChapter 11 Meningeal TumorsMeningiomaHemangioblastomaHemangiopericytomaChapter 12 CNS Germ Cell TumorsGerminomaTeratomasMalignant Non-germinomatous Germ Cell TumorsChapter 13 Tumors of the Hematopoietic SystemPrimary CNS LymphomaPlasmacytomaGranulocytic SarcomaHistiocytic Lesions Chapter 14 Tumors of the Cranial and Spinal NervesSchwannomaNeurofibromaChapter 15 Tumors of the Pineal RegionPineocytomaPineoblastomaPineal Glial CystChapter 16 Tumors of the Sellar RegionPituitary AdenomaCraniopharyngiomaOther Lesions of the Sellar Region Chapter 17 Metastatic TumorsChapter 18 Benign Cystic LesionsSquamous Epithelium-Lined CystsColumnar Epithelium-Lined CystsNon Epithelial-Lined Cysts Chapter 19 Non-Neoplastic DisordersAcute Inflammatory Cell-Rich LesionsEpithelioid-Cell and Lymphoid-Cell Rich LesionsMacrophage-Rich LesionsInflammatory Lesions in AIDSChapter 20 Extradural Mass Lesions Compressing the Spinal CordNeoplastic LesionsNon Neoplastic Lesions
