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The atypical urothelial cell category in the Paris System: Strengthening the Achilles' heel
Author(s) -
Brimo Fadi,
Auger Ma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cancer cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1934-6638
pISSN - 1934-662X
DOI - 10.1002/cncy.21668
Subject(s) - medicine , heel , urothelial cancer , dermatology , cancer , anatomy , bladder cancer
The category of atypical urothelial cell has to date been an equivocal diagnostic category, causing frustration to both cytopathologists and clinicians. The new Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology now offers well‐defined criteria that will help to standardize this problematic category as well as gather meaningful, comparable follow‐up data from diverse institutions.