Professor Fernando Schmitt is currently the director of the department of Medicine and Pathology at the Laboratoire National de Sante in Luxembourg. After finishing Medical School in Brazil in 1983, he was Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology at the Medical Faculty of Santa Maria and Associate Professor of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Sao Paulo. In 2004, he started working at the Medical Faculty at the University of Porto where he was Associate Professor of Pathology and Director of Molecular Pathology Unit at IPATIMUP. From 2013-2014, Professor Schmitt was full professor of pathology at the University of Toronto.

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Acinic cell carcinoma, cytological findings.- Acute thyroiditis, cytological findings.- Adenoid cystic carcinoma, cytological findings.- Adnexal tumours of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Adrenal myelolipoma, cytological findings.- Adrenocortical tumors, cytological findings.- Anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid, cytological findings.- Angiomyolipoma, cytological findings.- Apocrine carcinoma, cytological findings.- ASC-H.- ASC-US.- Astrocytoma, cytological findings.- Atypia, chemotherapy-associated.- Atypical glandular cells.- Atypical immature metaplasia.- Barrett`s esophagus, cytological findings.- Basal cell adenoma of salivary gland, cytological findings.- Basal cell carcinoma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Benign, non-neoplastic lesions and inflammatory process of the orbit.- Biliary duct brushing.- Bladder wash specimen.- Bone cysts, cytological findings.- Breast cysts, cytological findings.- Bronchial washing.- Bronchoalveolar lavage specimen.- Carcinoid, cytological findings.- Carcinoma ex Pleomorphic adenoma, cytological findings.- Cat-scratch disease, cytological findings.- Cell-blocks.- Cerebrospinal fluid, cytology of haematopoietic malignancies.- Cerebrospinal fluid, cytology of infections.- Cerebrospinal fluid, cytology of metastatic malignancies.- Cerebrospinal fluid, cytology of SNC tumours.- Cerebrospinal fluid, normal cytology.- Cholangiocarcinoma, cytological findings.- Chordomas, cytological findings.- Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, cytological findings.- Cirrhosis, cytological findings.- Clear cell sarcoma, cytological findings.- Colloid goiter, cytological findings.- Congenital mesoblastic nephroma, cytological findings.- Conjunctiva general aspects.- Conjunctival inflammatory lesions.- Conjunctival lymphoma.- Conjunctival melanocytic tumours.- Conjunctival papilloma.- Conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma.- Cornea cytology.-Curschmann`s spiral.- Cyst of salivary gland, cytological findings.- Cytology of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Cytomegalovirus, cytological findings.- Cytospin.- Ductal breast carcinoma, cytological findings.- Ductal carcinoma of salivary gland, cytological findings.- Effusions associated with pneumonia.- Effusions associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).- Effusions associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).- Endocervical adenocarcinoma, in situ.- Endocervical adenocarcinoma, invasice.- Endometrial cells, smears.- Endometrioid ovarian tumors, cytological findings.- Endometriosis, cytological findings.- Eosinophilic effusions.- Ependymoma, cytological findings.- Epithelial proliferative benign lesion of the breast.- Epithelial proliferative lesion of the breast.- Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of salivary gland, cytological findings.- Epithelioid sarcomas, cytological findings.- Extrauterine adenocarcinoma, cytological findings.- Eyelids cytology general aspects.- Fat necrosis, cytological findings.- Ferruginous bodies.- Fibroadenoma, cytological findings.- Fibromatosis, cytological findings.- Fine needle aspiration cytology.- Flow cytometry on FMA material.- Follicular tumor, cytological findings.- Fungi infections, cytological findings.- Germ cell neoplasias, cytological findings.- Giant cell tumours of the bone, cytological findings.- Granular cell tumor, cytological findings.- Granulomatous lymphadenitis, cytological findings.- Granulomatous thyroiditis, cytological findings.- Granulosa cell tumor of ovary, cytological findings.- Gynecomastia, cytological findings.- Hashimoto thyroiditis, cytological findings.- Hepatoblastoma, cytological findings.- Hepatocellular carcinoma, cytological findings.- Herpes virus, cytological findings.- High grade urothelial cell carcinoma, cytological findings.- Hodgkin`s disease, cytological findings.- Human papillomavirus.- Human polyomavirus, cytological findings.- Hurthle cell tumors, cytological findings.- Hyalinizing trabecular adenoma, cytological findings.- Infectious mononucleosis, cytological findings.- Inflammatory pseudo tumours of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Kikuchi lymphadenitis, cytological findings.- Lachrymal gland tumours of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Lachrymal glands malignant tumours of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Langerhans cell histiocytosis, cytological findings.- Liquid-based cytology.- Liver metastasis, cytological findings.- Lobular breast carcinoma, cytological findings.- Low-grade papillary urothelial cell carcinoma, cytological findings.- Lung metastasis, cytological findings.- Lypoma, cytological findings.- Malakoplakia, cytological findings.- Malignant melanoma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Mediastinal tumor, fine needle aspiration.- Medullary breast carcinoma, cytological findings.- Medullary carcinoma of thyroid, cytological findings.- Medulloblastoma, cytological findings.- Melanoma, cytological findings.- Meningioma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Meningioma, cytological findings.- Mesothelial cells, reactive.- Mesothelioma, effusions.- Metanephric adenoma, cytological findings.- Metaplastic breast carcinoma, cytological findings.- Metastatic adenocarcinoma, effusions.- Microglandular hyperplasia.- Molecular techniques on cytology.- Mucinous breast carcinoma, cytological findings.- Mucinous ovarian tumors, cytological findings.- Mucoepidermoid carcinoma, cytological findings.- Myxoid sarcomas, cytological findings.- Negative for intraepithelial lesions, cytological findings.- Neuroblastoma, cytological findings.- Neuroendocrine carcinoma, cytological findings.- Nodular hyperplasia of prostate, cytological findings.- Nodular hyperplasia of thyroid, cytological findings.- Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, cytological findings.- Oligodendroglioma, cytological findings.- Orbit cytology general aspects.- Orbital cysts of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Orbital malignant lymphoma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Orbital malignant tumours of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Orbital metastases of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Orbital soft tissue tumours of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Osteosarcoma, cytological findings.- Other benign orbital tumours of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Ovarian non-neoplastic cysts, cytological findings.- Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic lymphoepithelial cyst (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic mucinous, noncystic adenocarcinoma (colloid carcinoma) (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic pseudocyst (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic serous cystadenoma (cytological aspects).- Pancreatic solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm (cytological aspects).- Papillary carcinoma of thyroid, cytological findings.-Papillary renal cell carcinoma, cytological findings.- Papillary tumors of the breast, cytological findings.- Penile neoplasias, cytological findings.- Pericardial effusions, cytological findings.- Peritoneal effusions, cytology.- Perotoneal Washings (PW).- Pheochromocytoma,cytological findings.- Phyllodes tumor, cytological findings.- Plasmocytomas, cytological findings.- Pleomorphic adenoma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Pleomorphic adenoma, cytological findings.- Pleomorphic sarcomas, cytological findings.- Pleural effusions, cytology.- Pneumocystis jirovecci, cytological findings.- Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma, cytological findings.- Poorly differentiated carcinoma of thyroid, cytological findings.- Primitive neuroectodermal tumours (PNET), cytological findings.- Prostate adenocarcinoma, cytological findings.- Prostatitis, cytological findings.- Reactive cellular changes, infections.- Reactive cellular changes, intrauterine contraceptive device.- Reactive cellular changes, repair.- Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia, cytological findings.- Renal cell carcinoma, cytological findings.- Renal oncocytoma, cytological findings.- Reserve cell hyperplasia.- Rhabdoid tumor, cytological findings.- Rhabdomyosarcoma, cytological findings.- Rosai-Dorfman diesase, cytological findings.- Round cell sarcomas, cytological findings.- Schwannoma, cytological findings.- Sebaceous carcinoma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Secretory carcinoma, cytological findings.- Serous ovarian tumors, cytological findings.- Sex-cord stromal tumors, cytological findings.- Small cell carcinoma, cytological findings.- Spindle cell sarcomas, cytological findings.- Squamous cell carcinoma, in situ.- Squamous cell carcinoma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Squamous cell carcinoma, effusions.- Squamous cell carcinoma, invasive.- Squamous intraepithelial lesion, high grade (HGSIL).- Squamous intraepithelial lesion, low grade (LGSIL).- Squamous metaplasia.- Squamous papilloma of the orbit and ocular adnexa.- Subareolar abscess, cytological findings.- Systemic Disease and Effusions, Cytology of.- Thymomas, cytological findings.- Toxoplasmosis, cytological findings.- Transitional cell/urothelial carcinoma, cytological findings.- Tuberculous effusions.- Undifferentiated carcinoma of the pancreas (cytological aspects).- Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-type giant cells of the pancreas (cytological aspects).- Urine specimen, cytology.- Viral infections, cytological findings.- Warthin tumor, cytological findings.