The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology

Dorothy L. Rosenthal, MD
Professor of Pathology, Oncology & Gynecology/Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pathology/Cytopathology, Baltimore, MD, USA

Eva M. Wojcik, MD
Chair of Pathology, Helen M. and Raymond M. Galvin Professor Pathology & Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Maywood, IL, USA

Daniel F. I. Kurtycz, MD
Medical Director, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Professor, University of Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Madison WI, USA

This book describes a novel and proven approach to cytologically classify urinary samples for the detection of bladder cancer and lesions of the upper urinary tract. The new method is based on the collective experience of knowledgeable cytopathologists who have tested the terminology within their own laboratories for reproducibility and predictability of neoplasms of the urinary tract. Accompanying the written criteria for each diagnostic category are meticulously photographed exemplars of the cellular features, with cogently annotated descriptions of the photographs.  The book thereby performs as an atlas for microscopists involved in diagnostic cytopathology at all levels of their education.  Included in the targeted readership are experienced pathologists, cytotechnologists, and students of both professional groups. The new terminology also considers the clinical aspects of patient management.
 
Written by experts in the field who convened at the 18th International Congress of Cytology in Paris, The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology presents a global standard for reporting and a new philosophic approach that maximizes the strengths of detecting the potentially lethal high grade lesions by urinary cytology, and recognizes without apology the inability to reliably detect the low grade lesions in urinary cytology.

The Concept has been endorsed by the American Society Of Cytopathology, and the International Academy of Cytology.

Chapter 1
Pathogenesis of Urothelial Carcinoma
Eva M. Wojcik and Stefan E. Pambuccian

Chapter 2
Adequacy of Urine Specimens (Adequacy)
Matthew T. Olson (Chair), Güliz A. Barkan, Monique Courtade-Saïdi, Z. Laura Tabatabai, Yuji Tokuda, Toyonori Tsuzuki, and Christopher J. VandenBussche

Chapter 3
Negative for High Grade Urothelial Carcinoma (Negative)
Dorothy L. Rosenthal (Chair), Michael B. Cohen, Hui Guan, Christopher L. Owens, Yuji Tokuda, and Eva M. Wojcik

Chapter 4
Atypical Urothelial Cells (AUC)
Güliz A. Barkan (Chair), Tarik M. Elsheikh, Daniel F. I. Kurtycz, Sachiko Minamiguchi, Hiroshi Ohtani, Eric Piaton, Spasenija Savic Prince, Z. Laura Tabatabai, and Christopher J. VandenBussche

Chapter 5
Suspicious for High Grade Urothelial Carcinoma (Suspicious)
Fadi Brimo (Chair), Manon Auger, Tarik M. Elsheikh, Hui Guan, Mitsuru Kinjo, Eric Piaton, Dorothy L. Rosenthal, Tatsuro Shimokama, and Rosemary H. Tambouret

Chapter 6
High Grade Urothelial Carcinoma (HGUC)
Momin T. Siddiqui (Chair), Guido Fadda, Jee-Young Han, Christopher L. Owens, Z. Laura Tabatabai, and Toyonori Tsuzuki

Chapter 7
Low Grade Urothelial Neoplasia (LGUN)
Eva M. Wojcik (Chair), Tatjana Antic, Ashish Chandra, Michael B. Cohen, Zulfia McCroskey, Jae Y. Ro, and Taizo Shiraish

Chapter 8
Other Malignancies Primary and Metastatic and Miscellaneous Lesions
Rana S. Hoda (Chair), Stefan E. Pambuccian, Jae Y. Ro, and Sun Hee Sung

Chapter 9
Ancillary Studies in Urinary Cytology
Lukas Bubendorf (Chair), Nancy P. Caraway, Andrew H. Fischer, Ruth L. Katz, Matthew T. Olson, Fernando Schmitt, Margareta Strojan Flezar, Theodorus H. Van Der Kwast, and Philippe Vielh

Chapter 10
Cytopreparatory Techniques
Gary Gill (Chair), William N. Crabtree, and Deidra P. Kelly

Chapter 11
Clinical Management, Including Microscopic Hematuria
Marcus L. Quek (Chair), Trinity J. Bivalacqua, Ashish M. Kamat, and Mark P. Schoenberg