Main description:

This book is a practical guide to all laboratory procedures in surgical pathology, covering both diagnostic and research aspects.

Divided into seventeen sections, topics covered include routine and special staining procedures, cytopathology and FNAC procedures, biopsies, tissue processing and much more. A complete chapter is dedicated to microtomy. Each procedure is presented in a step by step format, explaining its principles, methodology and troubleshooting.

The final chapters cover quality control, telepathology and telecytology, molecular diagnostic pathology, laboratory waste management, and the function of microscopes.

Key Points

Practical guide to all laboratory procedures in surgical pathology
Covers both diagnostic and research aspects
Complete chapter dedicated to microtomy
Highly illustrated with clinical images and tables

Contents:

Fixation
Decalcification
Tissue Processing
Tissue Embedding
Microtomy
Section Cutting
Introduction to Staining and Principles of Staining
Special Histochemical Stains
Special Biopsies
Immunohistochemistry and Immunofluorescence
Cytopreparatory Techniques
Quality Control in Cytopathology
Quality Control in Histopathology
Telepathology and Telecytology
Molecular Diagnostic Pathology
Laboratory Waste Management
Principles in the Functioning of Microscopes