Introduction to cytological diagnostics

Abstract

Cytological diagnosis is an integral part of clinical laboratory diagnosis and helps to control the effectiveness of clinical diagnosis and treatment. The textbook "Introduction to cytological diagnosis" contains modern information about the development of cells, their activity, morphological structure and properties. The first chapter provides information on the importance of cytological examinations in preventive and diagnostic medicine, safety of techniques in working with cytological material, types of cytological examination, rules for obtaining material for cytological examination, preparation of cytological material. The second chapter provides information on cellular structural components, epithelial tissue cytomorphology, cytological classification of cervical diseases, reactive changes, pre-tumor diseases, benign and malignant tumors. The third chapter presents methods of cytological examination in hematology, anemias, thrombocytic line pathology, cytological diagnosis of acute and chronic leukemias, leukocytosis, leukemic reaction and cytological differential diagnosis of leukemias. The "Introduction to cytological diagnosis" training manual is intended for general clinical and cytological laboratory workers, students of medical-biological faculty of medical universities, master's students and clinical supervisors of "Clinical laboratory diagnosis" direction