Test category · Laboratory

Pathology & cytology

Tissue and cells examined under the microscope: biopsies, smears, aspirates, special stains and the molecular tests done on them.

Tests with a page

Medical test

Biopsy

Concepts covered by those pages

Surgical pathologyHistopathologyBiopsy pathologyFine-needle aspiration FNACore biopsyExcisional biopsy

Also in this category: catalogued concepts

Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Flow cytometry · also: immunophenotyping by flow cytometry Laboratory test
  • Cytology Pathology
  • Cervical cytology · also: Pap smear, smear test, cervical screening Pathology
  • Frozen section Pathology
  • Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Pathology
  • Immunofluorescence (IF) · also: direct immunofluorescence Pathology
  • Electron microscopy (EM) Pathology
  • Molecular pathology Pathology
  • Liquid-based cytology (LBC) Pathology
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