PRANAB DEY MBBS MD MIAC FRCPath Professor Department of Cytology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh India 5Dedicated to 7PREFACE 9ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 17ABBREVIATIONS Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Acute myleoblastic leukemia Adenoid cystic carcinoma Adenomatous polyposis coli Adenosine triphosphate Adrenocortical carcinomas Allophycocyanin Alpha fetoprotein American Cancer Society Anaphase promoting complex Anaplastic large cell lymphoma Anaplastic lymphoma kinase Androgen receptor Aneurysmal bone cyst Angiomyolipoma Apoptosis activating factor Apoptosis inducing factor Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region Artificial neural network Atypical ductal hyperplasia Atypical glandular cells Atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance Atypical lipomatous tumor Atypical squamous cell Atypical squamous cell cannot exclude HSIL Atypical squamous cell of undetermined significance Autophagy related gene Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Bacterial vaginosis Barrett's esophagus Basal cell adenoma Basal cell carcinoma Bayesian belief network Bladder tumor antigen Bromodeoxyuridine Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma 18Bronchoalveolar lavage Burkitt lymphoma Carcinoembryonic antigen CDK inhibitor Cerebrospinal fluid Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia Chromosomal instability Chondrosarcoma Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Chronic myeloid leukemia Clear cell sarcoma of kidney Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Cluster of differentiation Coenzyme A Comparative genomic hybridization Computerized tomography Conventional preparation CpG island methylator phenotype Cyclin-dependent kinase Cytokeratin Cytomegalovirus Cystosarcoma phyllodes Dense fibrillar component Deoxyribonucleic acid Desmoplastic small round cell tumor Diffuse large B cell lymphoma Disseminated peritoneal adenomucinosis DNA methyltransferases Ductal crcinoma in situ Endodermal sinus tumor Endoplasmic reticulum Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography Endoscopic ultrasound guided FNAC Eosin azure Epithelial growth factor Epithelial membrane antigen Epithelial mesenchymal transition Epithelioid sarcoma Epstein-Barr virus Estrogen receptor Ewing's sarcoma Fas-associated death domain Fibrillar center Fibrin degradation product Fibroadenoma Fibroblast growth factor 19Fibrocystic diseases Fine needle aspiration biopsy Fine needle aspiration cytology Fine needle sampling Flow cytometry Flow cytometry immunophenotyping Fluorescein isothiocyanate Fluorescence in situ hybridization Focal nodular hyperplasia Follicular adenoma Follicular carcinoma Follicular center cell lymphoma Follicular lymphoma Follicular neoplasm Follicular variant of papillary carcinoma of thyroid Food and drug administration Forward light scatter Gastrointestinal stromal tumor Gastrointestinal tract Giant cell tumor Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath Glial fibrillary acidic protein Glucose-transport protein-1 Golgi complex G-protein-coupled receptors Granular components Granulomatous mastitis Guanosine diphosphate Guanosine triphosphate Hepatocellular carcinoma Herpes simplex virus Heterochromatin protein High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion High mobility group box 1 High power Histone deacetylase Histone methyltransferase Hodgkin's lymphoma Homogenously staining region Human chorionic gonadotropin Human herpes virus Human immunodeficiency virus Human leukocyte differentiation antigen Human papillomavirus Hyaluronic acid Hybrid capture 20Image cytometry Immunocytochemistry Infiltrating duct carcinoma Inner nuclear membrane Insular carcinoma Internal quality control International Society of Urologic Pathologists Intranuclear pseudoinclusions Intrauterine contraceptive devices Invasive lobular carcinoma Lactate dehydrogenase Lamin B receptor Lamina associated polypeptide Langerhans cell histiocytosis Large cell carcinoma Laser scanning cytometry Leiomyosarcomas Liposarcoma Liquid based cytology Loss of heterozygosity Low grade squamous intraepithelial Low power Lupus erythematosus Lymphoblastic lymphoma lymphocytic and/or histiocytic Lymphoepithelial sialadenitis Lymphoglandular body Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Malignant mesothelioma Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor Malignant round cell tumor Mantle cell lymphoma Marginal zone lymphoma Matrix attachment region May-Grünwald Giemsa Mediator of DNA damage checkpoint 1 Medium power Medullary carcinoma Messenger RNA Micro-RNA Micronucleus Microsatellite instability Mitochondria Mucinous cystic neoplasia Mucoepidermoid carcinoma 21Mucosa associated lymphoma Multicolor FISH Multiple endocrine neoplasia Myxoid liposarcoma Nasopharyngeal carcinoma National Health Service, United Kingdom Natural killer T Negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy Neuroblastoma Neuron specific enolase Nodular lymphocytic predominant HL Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Nontuberculous mycobacteria Nuclear matrix proteins Nuclear pore complex Nucleocytoplasmic Nucleolar organizing regions Numerical aperture Oil immersion Open reading frames Oral contraceptive pill Orange G Origin recognition complex Outer nuclear membrane p53 binding protein 1 Pancreatic endocrine tumor Papillary neoplasia of low malignant potential Papillary thyroid carcinoma Periodic acid Schiff's Peripheral neuroectodermal tumor Peripheral T cell lymphoma Peritoneal mucinous carcinomatosis Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate Phosphatidylserine Phycoerythrin Phyllodes tumor Placental alkaline phosphatase Plasma cell myeloma Platelet derived growth factor Pleomorphic adenoma Polyclonal carcinoembryonic antigen Polymerase chain reaction Positive predictive value Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma Pre-replicative Precursor miRNA 22Primary effusion lymphoma Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma Primary miRNA Primitive neuroectodermal tumor Progesterone receptor Programmed cell death Proliferating cell nuclear antigen Proliferative breast disease Prostate specific antigen Psammoma bodies Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia Reed-Sternberg's Renal cell carcinoma Replication licensing factors Retinoblastoma Reverse transcriptase PCR Rhabdomyoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Ribonucleic acid Ribosomal DNA Ribosomal RNA Ring finger binding protein Rough endoplasmic reticulum Scavenger receptors Sebaceous carcinoma Single strand conformation polymorphism Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy Small cell carcinoma Small lymphocytic lymphoma Smooth endoplasmic reticulum Soft tissue sarcoma Solid and cystic papillary neoplasm Spectral karyotyping Spindle assembly check point Squamous cell carcinoma Squamous intraepithelial lesion Standard operating protocol Synovial sarcoma Syringocystadenoma papilliferum Systemic lupus erythematosus T cell receptor TATA binding protein Telomeric repeat amplification protocol Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end labeling The Bethesda system Thyroid stimulating hormone 23Thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin Thyroid transcription factor Transbronchial needle aspiration cytology Transfer RNA Transitional cell carcinoma Trichomonas vaginalis Tumor necrosis factor-receptors Ultrasonography Ultrasound-guided FNAC Upstream regulatory region Urothelial carcinoma Vascular endothelial growth factor Vascular permeability factor Visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid Wilms' tumor World Health Organization