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Respiratory Cytology
Author(s) -
DeMay R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00499_10.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , bronchoalveolar lavage , cytopathology , differential diagnosis , sputum , pathology , biopsy , exfoliative cytology , lung , tuberculosis
The key diagnoses in respiratory cytology are infections , eg, virus and fungus, and cancer , which in essence is small cell carcinoma vs nonsmall cell carcinoma, or metastases. The basic specimens include exfoliative specimens, including sputum (increasingly uncommon), bronchial cytology (washings, brushings), and bronchoalveolar lavage, and FNA biopsy specimens, including percutaneous, bronchoscopic, and endoscopic ultrasound biopsies. All are cytologically similar. The lecture will review basic respiratory cytology as well as diagnosis and differential diagnosis of reactive and neoplastic pulmonary diseases.