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Authors x
Preface xi
PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CYTOLOGY 1
1. Guide to the choice and correct use of the microscope (Ian Baldwin) 3
1.1 Choosing a supplier 3
1.2 Parts of a microscope 3
1.3 Setting up a microscope 7
1.4 Care of the microscope 9
1.5 Taking pictures of microscope images 9
2. Collection, preparation and staining of cytology specimens 11
2.1 Materials 11
2.2 Sampling techniques 11
2.3 Smear preparation techniques 13
2.4 Slide staining 15
3. Guidelines to cytology smear examination 16
3.1 Step-by-step approach to the slide examination and description 17
3.2 Interpretation of the cytological findings 21
4. Cytological criteria of malignancy 22
4.1 General criteria of malignancy 22
4.2 Nuclear criteria 23
4.3 Cytoplasmic criteria 24

PART II: CYTOLOGY OF SKIN AND SUBCUTIS 25
5. Skin and subcutis anatomy 27
5.1 Main components of the skin and subcutis 27
5.2 Main cell types observed on cytology 29
6. Inflammatory lesions 31
6.1 Neutrophilic inflammation 32
6.2 Macrophagic inflammation 35
6.3 Eosinophilic inflammation 38
6.4 Lymphocytic inflammation 41
6.5 Inflammation caused by infectious agents 43

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