Cytology in daily life

Some areas where doctors use scrape or brush cytology include the breathing tubes that lead to the lungs, cervix (for a Pap test), esophagus, mouth and stomach.
Swab: A swab is used to get fluid or secretions.
Washing: A washing involves removing fluid to collect cells from a hollow organ that were exfoliated.

Cytological examinations of specimens taken from different sites as a follow-up after establishing the initial diagnosis is a routine procedure. Sputum,

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.Missing: daily life

How does cytology differ from pathology?

Virtually all cells perform biochemical functions, generating and transmitting energy, and storing genetic data carried down to further generations of cells.
Cytology differs from its cousin, pathology, in that cytology concentrates on the structure, function and biochemistry of normal and abnormal living cells.

What is the challenge in cytology?

The challenge in cytology is that whilst there will be many cells that are readily recognisable, there will always be some inscrutable cells that are unwilling to give up their secrets.
It is part of our journey as diagnosticians to interrogate these cells by constantly comparing, observing and questioning their nature.