Beschreibung:
<jats:p>The range of pathologies that lymph node (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">LN</jats:styled-content>) fine needle cytology (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FNC</jats:styled-content>) may encounter is extremely wide and ancillary techniques, in addition to traditional smears, are generally required to reach reliable cytologic diagnoses. Storing part of the cytologic material may be useful or necessary for molecular testing. The main difficulties concern the generally small size of the sample and the different methods of acquisition of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">LN</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FNC</jats:styled-content>. Therefore, the preanalytic phase is extremely important for <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">LN</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FNC</jats:styled-content>. This article outlines the management of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">LN</jats:styled-content>‐<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">FNC</jats:styled-content> material, vials, technical devices (e.g.: additional smears, cytospin slides, LBC slides, cards, resins, etc.) and main ancillary techniques to assess their optimal application, taking into account the different diagnostic needs and cell storage.</jats:p>