• Completely new set of cases compared with the previous courses held in Linz 2018 and 2019
• Especially challenging cases presented by the guest faculty
• Hands-on microscopy with real cytology and histology slides circulating among all participants
• Presentation and discussion of the participants’ diagnoses for each case (questionnaire-based survey during microscopy sessions) in comparison with the experts’ consensus diagnoses
• Extensive correlation of cytology and histology
• Interactive discussion among participants and the faculty
• Technical/methodological aspects (frozen section, macroscopy, sampling, FNB, touch imprint cytology, staining protocols) specifically addressed
• Application of immunohistochemical and molecular markers
• Presentation of follow-up data, therapeutic and prognostic implications of histopathologic diagnoses
• Slide scans available via internet after the course
• Lectures and in-depth discussion of selected topics (FNA cytology, NIFT-P and related tumors, papillary carcinoma variants, oncocytic lesions).
