Atlas of Gynecologic Histopathology
A J Robertson · Journal of Clinical Pathology · 1993
Reviews samples.There are nine chapters dedicated to the female genital tract and a further seven chapters covering a range of other body systems.On the whole, the book is clearly written, accurate, and easy to read.However, the two final chapters on image analysis and flow cytometry are rather disappointing and a little out of date.For those about to sit examinations, the quiz in the appendix offers the opportunity for rapid revision, but I did find some of the answers rather obscure.This book would have benefited from colour illustrations.The black and white pictures are generally of a high quality, but they fail to provide the clarity and subtlety of staining pattern necessary to be really useful to the inexperienced reader.Another serious deficiency in the book is the use of the Bethesda system of reporting cervical smears which could lead to confusion and difficulties in interpretation for cytotech- nologists in the United Kingdom.Although the authors make an attempt to correlate the Bethesda system with other classifications, they fail to mention dyskaryosis which is the terminology used throughout the United Kingdom.Despite these criticisms, this book is not overpriced and would form a useful addition to departmental cytopathology libraries.