TYPES
What are the four types of pathology?
anatomical, cytopathology, forensic and molecular.
Name at least three types of biopsy?
Endoscopic, bone marrow, insicional, excisional, fine needle aspiration, punch, shave, reflectal confocal microscopy biopsy.
What are the two types histologic sections?
Permanent and frozen
What is an autopsy?
Is a medical exam of a body after death.
The only type of test that can make a diagnosis of osteoporosis before a fracture occurs.
Bone mineral density test (BMD) - specialized x-ray which determines the amount of bone minerals and density of a certain area of bone.
What is a biopsy?
Procedure done to remuve tissue or cell from the body to examination on naked eye and under microscope.
What is bone marrow aspiration?
It involves taking a small amount of bone marrow fluid (aspiration) and/or solid bone marrow tissue (called a core biopsy).
The sections are then placed on a glass slide and dipped into a series of stains or dyes to change the color of the tissue. The color makes cells more distinctive when viewed under a microscope...
Permanent section.
Why is an autopsy done?
When a suspicious or unexpected death occurs
When there's a public health concern, such as an outbreak with an undetermined cause
To sign the death certificate
When the doctor, the family or legally responsible designee of the deceased person requests an autopsy
Used to estimate the total body surface area impacted by a burn; divides the body into areas/percentages.
Rule of 9’s; quick estimate; can be used initially to determine treatment options and next steps.
what does anatomical pathology study?
Solid tissue and organs.
What is fine needle aspiration?
It involves using a thin needle and syringe to remove very small pieces from a tumor.
The specimen can be examined shortly after it has been removed from the patient...
Frozen section
Who does the autopsy?
Autopsies ordered by the state can be done by a county coroner, who is not necessarily a doctor. A medical examiner who does an autopsy is a doctor, usually a pathologist. Clinical autopsies are always done by a pathologist.
A hereditary disorder that impacts hemoglobin.
Sickle cell disease
What does forensic pathology study?
It determines the cause and manner of any death that is violent, unusual or untimely.
It involve taking a deeper sample of skin with a biopsy instrument that removes a short cylinder, or "apple core," of tissue...
Punch biopsy.
What is a smear?
Smears are done when the specimen is a liquid or there are small, solid chunks suspended in liquid. These are "smeared" onto a slide.
What is the first step in an autopsy?
Visual and general examination.
An autoimmune disorder that is described as a progressive, systemic condition that impacts the synovial joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis
What does cytopathology examinate?
The exam of a single cell type,
What´s the difference between insicional aand excisional biopsy?
One is wider and the other is deeper.
Three data needed in a biopsy report?
Gross description, microscopic exam and diagnosis.
What is the last part of an autopsy?
Final report.
In this stage of cancer, the cancer has spread to distant parts of the body, and metastasis has occurred.
Stage 4