Pathology Laboratory

     Pathology, a word meaning "the science of diseases," is a specialty within the "Surgical Sciences" in medicine. As a scientific discipline, pathology examines the causes of diseases, the mechanisms by which they develop, the changes they produce in tissues and their clinical manifestations. Pathology carries significant weight in medical education, and in clinical practice it holds an important place as the discipline where the definitive diagnosis of many diseases, above all benign and malignant tumors, is made.

    In the pathology laboratory, small tissue samples taken from the body by biopsy, organs removed during surgery and all body fluids are examined macroscopically and microscopically using routine staining methods. The resulting findings, together with the necessary interpretation and explanations, are delivered under the title "Pathology Report" both to the patient and to the physician who will direct the treatment. In some cases where the pathological diagnosis is expected to guide the operation, the pathologist can provide a rapid diagnosis during surgery using different techniques. To establish a diagnosis, determine the course of the disease or guide the patient's treatment, the pathologist may apply various examination methods or ancillary staining techniques to the tissue obtained. In addition, examinations carried out under the name "autopsy" to determine why and how a person died are also performed by pathology specialists. 

   In summary, pathology; is like the trunk of the great "tree of medicine", which draws its roots from the basic sciences, extends its branches to all clinical specialties, and bears fruit through research that leads to new diagnostic and treatment methods.