What is Histopathology?
Histopathology is the study and diagnosis of diseases of the tissues. It involves the microscopic examination of tissues and cells. These are responsible for diagnosing the tissues and help doctors for the treatment of the patient.
What makes Histopathology test important?
Histopathology field is extremely crucial as it enables these experts to identify, understand and detect diseases. The histopathologists look for changes in cells in order to identify the diseases. They are able to diagnose the disease by examining tissues from various organs such as liver, kidney, skin and others. Histopathology is quite important as it broadens the treatment available treatment options.
Types of Services involved in Pathology:
There are number of services in the histopathology laboratory which includes examining certain tissues which ultimately helps in finding diseases. It also involves many different types of techniques like necropsy to histological processing along with the evaluation by expert pathologists. The services are carried out in order to know the cause of the disease so the doctor will treat the patient further.
The other services are:
- Expert histochemical stains for particular cellular components
- Processing plastic for producing thin sections for reproductive and neuro pathology
- Embedding plastic for microtomy of nerves, devices, and hard tissues
- Processing and sectioning of frozen tissues
What does a Histopathologist do?
A histopathologist, as the name implies, is a professional in the field of histopathology. These professionals’ primary task is to scrutinize the histopathology images that they received from the examination. The responsibility also includes writing specimen reports. Some histopathologists are specialists in certain organs like liver, or skin, dissecting tissues for viewing in microscope regularly.
Diagnostic Tests Available
We provide a wide range of pathology services for the diagnosis of almost every body part disease.
Neuropathology
It involves the diagnosis of diseases of the brain and nervous system by microscopic examination of tissues.
Head & Neck Pathology
Protect yourself and your family from any risks of diseases with the help of our functional medicine lab tests.
Gynecologic and Obstetric Pathology
You can undergo a number of testing and consultative procedures to determine whether you are at risk of a certain type of disease.
Genitourinary Tract Pathology
Know the status of your genitourinary tract through vast range of tests and procedures to prevent yourself from any complications.
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Diagnosis of finding all abdominal, and other gastro systems to detect your gastrointestinal concerns.
Dermatopathology
Biopsies of inflammatory conditions, punch and shave biopsies of skin. Excisional biopsies of skin.
Paediatric / Orthopaedic Pathology
Biopsies of bones, nails, bunions, hammertoes, and Arthroscopic biopsies.