Full Description
The incidence of endometrial adenocarcinoma, the most common malignant tumor of the female genital tract in developed countries, has increased over recent years. A variety of collection techniques are available to obtain cytologic or histopathologic samples for its diagnosis but their interpretation can be difficult without proper collection and preparation. However, this monograph, written by internationally recognized experts, is a most valuable educational resource for the pathologist and cytopathologist in the techniques of endometrial sampling and diagnosis. The chapters are comprehensive and logically organized, covering the epidemiology and pathogenesis of endometrial adenocarcinoma, endometrial sampling techniques and the spectrum of cytomorphologic appearance from benign through hyperplasia to adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. A separate chapter covers non-epithelial uterine malignancies. Throughout the monograph, inclusion of both cytologic and H&E histologic images allows cytohistologic correlation of lesions. In summary, this endometrial handbook seeks to clarify a difficult area of cytodiagnosis and will become an important reference text for cytopathologists, pathologists and cytotechnologists.
Contents
Preface; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; Current Status of the Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Endometrial Adenocarcinoma; Epidemiology; Pathogenesis; Hormonal Therapy. The Effects on the Endometrium; High-Risk Population; Prevention of Uterine Cancer; Population Screening Programs. Diagnostic Methods; The Value of Endometrial Cytology; Types of Endometrial Cells; The Bethesda System; Benign Endometrial Cells in Cervicovaginal Smears; Histiocytes and Psammoma Bodies; Effectiveness of Endometrial Cytology in Detecting Endometrial Malignancy; Techniques of Endometrial Cytology; Techniques for the Detection and Early Diagnosis of Endometrial Cancer; Techniques of Endometrial Cytology; Spanish Endometrial Experience; Tao Brush; Other Endometrial Techniques; New Resources for Endometrial Cytologic Diagnosis; Techniques of Endometrial Histopathology; Office Procedures; Dilatation and Curettage; Hysteroscopy and Curettage; New Techniques for the Diagnosis of Endometrial Pathology; Introduction; Diagnostic Methods for Endometrial Pathology; Ultrasound; Hysterosonography; Color Doppler and Pulsed Doppler; 3D Ultrasound; Hysteroscopy in the Office; Cytology of the Normal Endometrium - Cycling and Postmenopausal; Histology of the Endometrium; The Endometrial Smear; Patterns of Normal Endometrial Smears; Differential Diagnosis of Normal Endometrial Cells; Benign Endometrial Lesions; Inflammation; Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding; Effects of Radiation; Benign Endometrial Tumors; Cytopathology of Endometrial Hyperplasias; Introduction; Histopathology; Cytopathology of Endometrial Hyperplasias; Cytopathology of Endometrial Hyperplasias. The Jimenez-Ayala Classification; Cytopathology of Endometrial Adenocarcinoma; Problems and Accuracy for the Cytological Diagnosis of Endometrial Adenocarcinoma; Classification of Endometrial Epithelial Tumors; Histopathology of Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma; Cytopathological Grading of EnA; Cytological Diagnosis of Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma; Special Types of Malignant Endometrial Epithelial Tumors; Differential Diagnosis of Endometrial Adenocarcinoma; Cytopathology of the Non-Epithelial Malignant Tumors of the Uterine Corpus; Histological Classification of Tumors of the Uterine Corpus; Problems in Cytological Diagnosis; Cytological Features of Non-Epithelial Malignant Uterine Tumors; Mesenchymal Malignant Tumors; Concept of Mixed Epithelial and Mesenchymal Tumors; References; Index.
