This text provides a comprehensive review of the cytology of disease processes of the
mediastinum and mediastinal lymph nodes with emphasis in lung and gut nodal cancer staging in
specimens obtained by EUS-FNA. This book also reviews the cytology of intramural masses of the
gastrointestinal tract using a pattern-based diagnostic approach. The cytomorphology of lesions
obtained by EUS-FNA is peculiar by the common presence in the obtained sample of normal luminal
gastrointestinal contents and the cytopathologist should be familiar with this pattern not
often seen when the sampling is done by percutaneous approach. Technical considerations
pertaining to the operator performing the procedure as well as to the cytopathologist with
emphasis on rapid on-site interpretation are also covered. Most lesions described in the book
also have endoscopic US image correlation. Cytology of the Mediastinum and Gut is a useful and
practical guide for cytological interpretation and differential diagnosis of lesions obtained
by EUS-FNA of mediastinum and gut. All chapters are written by experts with many years of
experience in the field and contain the cytology immuno-profile molecular profile and
ultrasound features of the masses described.
