This text and atlas is the new edition of the Italian Consensus for Classification and Reporting of Thyroid Cytology (ICCRTC). It integrates the evolution in the field of thyroid pathology and the new approaches in the management of thyroid diseases. The five categories defined in the 2014 edition, with the separation of indeterminate nodules into TIR3A and TIR3B subcategories, are retained due to their effective stratification of malignancy risk.
In addition to the diagnostic criteria for cytological classification, the book contains chapters on sampling techniques, ultrasound imaging, molecular testing, oncocytes, and the convertibility of major reporting systems. The electronic version offers videos of digital WSI from cytology slides explaining morphological criteria for category selection.
This new edition, published by Springer as a text and atlas, has been developed by pathologists and endocrinologists with recognised expertise in thyroid disease and has been endorsed by their respective scientific societies: Società Italiana di Anatomia Patologica e Citologia Diagnostica (SIAPeC-IAP), Associazione Italiana Tiroide (AIT), Associazione Medici Endocrinologi (AME), Società Italiana di Endocrinologia (SIE).
Editors: Fulvio Basolo, Anna Crescenzi, Guido Fadda, Andrea Frasoldati, Francesco Nardi, Lucio Palombini, Enrico Papini, Alfredo Pontecorvi.