PATHOLOGY

Pathology

Pathology is the medical specialty concerned with the study of the nature and causes of diseases. It deals with the diagnosis and management of disease by use of every component of laboratory medicine and every diagnostic technique, including examination of the patient

The Laboratory specialty areas in Erom Healthcare Diagnostic include: Histopathology, Hematology, Chemical Pathology and Microbiology.

Histopathology

This process involves the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease. Specifically, in clinical medicine, histopathology refers to the examination of a biopsy or surgical specimen by a pathologist, after the specimen has been processed and histological sections have been placed onto glass slides.

Typical examples include cervical smear, sputum and gastric washings.