Practical Principles of Cytopathology

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Summary: A Must Have.
Review: I like to call this book "baby DeMay". It's very well organized, great pictures, and a whole lot easier to haul off the shelf than the Big Daddy DeMays. Excellent as a quick reference and/or a study tool.

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Summary: A concise but comprehensive book with great images
Review: This book, like its big brother (The Art and Science of Cytopathology, by the same author), is well written, even fun to read. It includes virtually the entire realm of morphologic cytopathology in a concise, portable format. It is well organized with separate chapters for the Pap smear, fluids and organ systems in some cases and individual organs in others. It even includes a chapter on gonads and a microbiology chapter covering many "bugs" that can be seen in cytologic specimens. The images are of excellent quality (as we have come to expect from Dr. DeMay) and include appropriate examples of specimens stained with Papanicolaou and Diff-Quick methods, in addition to some illustrative H&E histology. This book is an excellent addition to the library of the pathology resident, cytotechnologist and even practicing pathologist for a quick consultation, and I enthusiastically recommend it.