Main description:

This atlas is the offspring of the “The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) State of the Science Conference,” hosted by the NCI and organized by Dr. Andrea Abati. Preparations for the conference began 18 months earlier with the designation of a steering committee and the establishment of a dedicated, p- manent web site. The meeting took place on October 22 and 23, 2007 in Bethesda, Maryland and was co-moderated by Susan J. Mandel and Edmund S. Cibas. The discussions and conclusions regarding terminology and morphologic criteria 1, 2 from the meeting were summarized in publications by Baloch et al. and form the framework for this atlas. The atlas is organized by the general categories of “Nondiagnostic,” “Benign,” “Follicular Neoplasm/Suspicious for a Follicular Neoplasm”, “Suspicious for Malignancy,” and “Malignant,” and it includes the defi- tions and morphologic criteria of these categories as set forth by Baloch et al. The majority of the conference participants also agreed on a category of “undetermined significance,” which is incorporated in this atlas (Chap. 4). It is critical that the cytopathologist communicate thyroid FNA interpretations to the referring physician in terms that are succinct, unambiguous, and helpful clinically. We recognize that the terminology used here is a flexible framework that can be modified by individual laboratories to meet the needs of their providers and the patients they serve.

Feature:

More than 140 color illustrations
Based upon Bethesda terminology
Concise and user-friendly format

Back cover:

Thyroid fine needle aspiration is one of the most commonly performed cytologic procedures and is the standard diagnostic method for managing the patient with a thyroid nodule.  Until now, there has been no uniform system for reporting the results of thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) in the U.S.

The terminology described in this book is an important advance in the field of cytopathology. It represents the results of the multidisciplinary National Cancer Institute Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration State of The Science Conference, held in Bethesda, MD in October, 2007.

The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology will provide the reader with a unified approach to diagnosing and reporting thyroid FNA interpretations. It will serve as a reference guide not just for pathologists, but also endocrinologists, surgeons, and radiologists.

Contents:

Overview of Diagnostic Terminology and Reporting.- Nondiagnostic/Unsatisfactory.- Benign.- Atypia of Undetermined Significance/Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance.- Follicular Neoplasm/Suspicious for a Follicular Neoplasm.- Follicular Neoplasm, Hürthle Cell Type/Suspicious for a Follicular Neoplasm, Hürthle Cell Type.- Suspicious for Malignancy.- Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Variants.- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.- Undifferentiated (Anaplastic) Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid.- Metastatic Tumors and Lymphomas.