Includes bibliographical references and index.

Techniques of fine-needle aspiration biopsy / J. Martin Miller and Max Wisgerhof -- Cytopreparatory techniques -- Specimen adequacy and assessment, reporting scheme -- Concepts basic to thyroid cytopathology and guidelines for evaluating thyroid fine-needle aspirates -- Nodular goiter -- Follicular adenoma and follicular carcinoma -- Hürthle cell lesions -- Papillary carcinoma -- Poorly differentiated "insular" carcinoma -- Anaplastic carcinoma -- Medullary carcinoma -- Thyroiditis -- Malignant lymphoma -- Thyroid carcinomas metastatic to other body sites -- Metastatic malignancy to the thyroid -- Cysts and cystic lesions of the thyroid -- Spindle cells in thyroid aspirates -- Miscellaneous lesions of the thyroid -- Infarction of thyroid neoplasms following fine-needle biopsy -- Lesions of the parathyroid glands -- Ancillary diagnostic techniques / Osama Alassi ... [et al.] -- Application of needle biopsy data to management decisions / J. Martin Miller.