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  2. Terminologia Histologica - Wikipedia

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    The Terminologia Histologica (TH) is the controlled vocabulary for use in cytology and histology. [1] [2] In April 2011, Terminologia Histologica was published online [3] by the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminologies (FIPAT), the successor of FCAT. It was intended to replace Nomina Histologica.

  3. Histopathology - Wikipedia

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    Micrograph showing contraction band necrosis, a histopathologic finding of myocardial infarction (heart attack).. Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos 'tissue', πάθος pathos 'suffering', and -λογία-logia 'study of') is the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease.

  4. Cytopathology - Wikipedia

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    Cytology can be used to diagnose a condition and spare a patient from surgery to obtain a larger specimen. An example is thyroid FNAC; many benign conditions can be diagnosed with a superficial biopsy and the patient can go back to normal activities right away.

  5. Anatomical pathology - Wikipedia

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    It is also at this step that the pathologist selects areas that will be processed for histopathology. The eye can sometimes be aided with a magnifying glass or a stereo microscope, especially when examining parasitic organisms. Histopathology – the microscopic examination of stained tissue sections using histological techniques.

  6. Histology - Wikipedia

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    Histopathology is the branch of histology that includes the microscopic identification and study of diseased tissue. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is an important part of anatomical pathology and surgical pathology , as accurate diagnosis of cancer and other diseases often requires histopathological examination of tissue samples. [ 10 ]

  7. Pathology - Wikipedia

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    Histopathology refers to the microscopic examination of various forms of human tissue. 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. [ 17 ]

  8. Koilocyte - Wikipedia

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    Koilocytosis or koilocytic atypia or koilocytotic atypia are terms used in histology and cytology to describe the presence of koilocytes in a specimen. [1] Koilocytes may have the following cellular changes: Nuclear enlargement (two to three times normal size). Irregularity of the nuclear membrane contour, creating a wrinkled or raisinoid ...

  9. Clinical pathology - Wikipedia

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    Laboratory technologists may flag abnormal samples for pathologist review. The pathologist may recommend additional testing, such as flow cytometry to identify lymphoma or leukemia cells, or cytology to characterize solid tumor cells.