ABSTRACT
Classification schemes are of little value to pathologists trying to extract the diagnosis from a glass slide. The histological features, in conjunction with a brief clinical description, must somehow guide the pathologist to the correct diagnosis. To assist in this process, some especially important histological features (listed below) will help to segregate the diagnostic entities. Identifying additional histological features will make it easier to establish the diagnosis. Frequently, different diseases may share two or more histological features. When this occurs, separating such diseases may rest on good clinical correlation or subtle histological clues.
