Our Services
Histopath offers a wide variety of pathology services to area hospitals and medical professionals.
- Pathology
- Anatomic Pathology
- Histology
- Histopathology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Pathology
- Anatomic Pathology
- Histology
- Histopathology
- Immunohistochemistry
Our Specialties
Breast Pathology
The subspecialty of Pathology dealing with diseases of the breast, both benign and malignant. This area also includes evaluation of axillary lymph nodes.
Cytopathology (Non-GYN)
The application of distinct and discrete sets of criteria for evaluation of patient samples from diverse anatomic locations.
Dermatopathology
A combination of both dermatology and pathology with the goal of diagnosing various skin diseases.
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Genitourinary Pathology
Identifying and evaluating disorders of the urinary tract and male reproductive organs including the prostate gland, bladder, kidney, and testis.
Gynecologic Pathology
The medical pathology subspecialty which studies and diagnosis diseases involving the female genital tract.
Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
The study and diagnosis of mouth and jaw disorders, including issues with orofacial skin.
Hematopathology
The study, evaluation, and diagnosis of diseases of the blood. Pathologists in this sub-specialty are experts in diagnosing leukemia, lymphoma, anemia, hemophilia, and many other blood-borne diseases.
Our Lab Routine
- After receipt, tissue samples are carefully examined, dissected, and prepared for tissue processing by our highly trained, Board Certified Pathology Assistants.
- Tissue sections are then fixed chemically to preserve tissue from degradation and to maintain cell structure.
- The next step in tissue preparation is processing; the action to remove water from tissue and replace it with a medium that solidifies and allows sectioning of the tissue to prepare for staining.
- After processing, each tissue sample is embedded in paraffin, sectioned at an ultra thin setting, stained and mounted on a microscope slide.
- Finally, the tissue is studied and evaluated under the supervision of our pathologist.
Our Staining Technique
- The Routine Hematoxylin-Eosin stain (H&E) stain visualizes and identifies tissue structures and cells with components.
- Specialized stains are used to selectively stain cells and components of special interest.
- Advanced staining using IHC - the process in which proteins in cells of a tissue section are exploited using antibodies to visualize specific proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids - is used to help identify and diagnose cancers and specific tumor antigens that are expressed in certain cancers.
- Other advanced staining techniques are used at our laboratory to complete our Breast Biomarker Assay, or predictive markers including in situ hybridization.
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