Cytology (also known as cytopathology) involves examining cells from bodily tissues or fluids to determine a diagnosis.
A certain kind of physician, called a pathologist, will look at the cells in the tissue sample under a microscope and look for characteristics or abnormalities in the cells..
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Cytology is the exam of a single cell type, as often found in fluid specimens.
It's mainly used to diagnose or screen for cancer.
It's also used to screen for fetal abnormalities, for pap smears, to diagnose infectious organisms, and in other screening and diagnostic areas..
Cytology is the exam of a single cell type, as often found in fluid specimens.
It's mainly used to diagnose or screen for cancer.
It's also used to screen for fetal abnormalities, for pap smears, to diagnose infectious organisms, and in other screening and diagnostic areas..
Full cytology interpretation may require the services of a diagnostic laboratory, and a definitive diagnosis often requires histopathology.
Some lesions cannot be definitively diagnosed by cytology.
If in doubt or if the cytologic interpretation does not correlate with the clinical picture, histology is essential for full interpretation.
The European guidelines recommend that cytology results should be reported using a nationally agreed-upon terminology that is at least translatable into the Bethesda system (Solomon et al 2002); see Chapter 3, Annex 2.
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