How does the pathologist make diagnosis?
This article discusses briefly about pathology; sub specialties, procedure and role in medical science. Also included in this article the preparation procedure of the specimen, how a diagnosis is made, duration before a diagnosis is made, sample preservation and importance of a histopathologist in patient treatment plan. As defined in this article pathology is the study of disease causes and mechanisms and the changes these have on cells, tissues and organs. Or simply put, it is a study of disease processes or progression with the goal of understanding their nature and causes. Doctors who work on such field are called Pathologist. Mostly, Pathologists tend not to work or interact with patients, but with specimens of tissue or blood taken from the patient, which are then analyzed in order to provide information that will benefit the patient. Pathologists work in a laboratory where among other things, blood tests are processed and most of the time looks at specimens from biopsies under c
