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Time: May 4, 2023


Cytopathology Reporting Systems provide standardized language for reporting in cytopathology practice. Standardized reporting categories allow effective and consistent communications across different institutions and disciplines, and convey unambiguous and clinically helpful information to our clinicians. Since the establishment of the Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, other systems have followed and proved successful. The current updated Cytopathology Reporting Systems include:

1. The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology (3rd ed, 2015)
2. The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (3rd ed, 2023)
3. The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology (2nd ed, 2023)
4. The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology (2nd, 2022)
5. The International Academy of Cytology Yokohama System for Reporting Breast Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cytopathology (1st ed, 2020) 
6. The International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology (1st ed, 2020) 
7. The WHO Reporting System for Lung Cytopathology (1st ed, 2023) 
8. The WHO Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology (1st ed, 2023) 
9. The WHO Reporting System for Lymph Node Cytopathology 
10. The WHO Reporting System for Soft Tissue Cytopathology