PATHOLOGY

Description

Pathology, the old Greek meaning of illness in the 'pathos' and the term is derived from the scientific investigation of illness in the sense used. Pathology in a broader sense, the reasons that cause the disease, which affects the tissues and organs of the way, diseased tissues and organs, especially morphological (formal, visual) feature examines. In this sense, pathology, are the foundation of medicine.

The place of pathology in medical practice and pathology specialist functions

Pathologists, serving almost exclusively in health care facilities beds, and surgical services associated with the internal discipline and is an expert. Pathologist, listed below in detail in fulfilling the functions of specific laboratory methods are constantly exploited.

Diagnosis:

Pathologists expected from the most diseased tissues and organs are thought to be a specific disease diagnosed by examining the patient or has been placed on evaluating the accuracy of a diagnosis is. Tissues and organs are taken from the body in various ways and are presented to the pathologist's review. (Examples: Lymph node biopsy of the tumor diagnosis of malignant lymphoma called; endoscopic gastric biopsy in a way taken gastritis, peptic ulcer, cancer, detection of the presence of ...)

Treatment:

Pathologists, set the format of therapy may determine the diagnosis. (Example: Lymph node biopsy in the diagnosis of tuberculosis anti tuberculosis drugs, antineoplastic drugs used in the diagnosis of lymphoma is determined). Becoming increasingly common in the other functions, the treatment caused changes in tissue examination is to determine the degree of treatment efficacy. This application of the disease course allows you to guess about. (Example: chemotherapy completely disappeared after osteosarkoma tissue have been used for patients who use drugs is a finding indicating). Transplantation practices spread, the pathologist will be transplanted before and after organ transplantation are required to review. Whether a suitable organ transplant immediately be determined only by pathological examination. Functions tend to deteriorate with a transplanted organ or the problems can not be fully understood without pathologic examination. Will find ways of solution is determined by pathological examination. The role of the pathologist in the treatment of patients, is always indirect.

Browsing:

The high prevalence of diseases to be detected without causing significant impairment, cheap and easy as possible for people at risk through analysis refers. In practice this pathology, either spontaneously or small spills with traumatic loss of cells that can be provided (not a tissue or organ) examination (cytologic examination) are scheduled. (Example: Near the middle-aged woman with non-scan cells are not normal in order to spread the vaginal identifying a tumor that may be too bad going with the process of development at the destruction still ensuring). On the other hand, cytological methods, an important part of "scan" not "know" is for illustrative purposes. Their use is rapidly expanding field. As in many countries of the world, our country is made by cytological examination of pathology experts.