Cytology (also known as cytopathology) involves examining cells from bodily tissues or fluids to determine a diagnosis. A certain kind of physician, called a pathologist, will look at the cells in the tissue sample under a microscope and look for characteristics or abnormalities in the cells.

How Is a Cytology Test Done? Diagnosing diseases by looking at single cells and small clusters of cells is called cytology or cytopathology. It’s an important part of diagnosing some types of cancer. Cytology tests are different from biopsy tests because only a few cells are needed, instead of a tissue sample.

How cytology specimens are processed depends on the type of sample. Some samples are smeared on glass microscope slides by the doctor who gets the sample. These slides, which are called smears, are then sent to the cytology lab, where they’re dipped into a series of stains (colored dyes), much like those used for biopsy samples.

Our cytotechnologist will provide assistance and adequacy assessments for FNAs. Cytology orders must be present in CRIS at the time of the procedure. Schedule FNAs in advance, preferably with 24 hours notice.

Both Gynecologic and Non-Gynecologic Cytology are available from all Quest Diagnostics laboratories. For Gynecologic Cytology (Pap tests) we provide liquid-based and conventional Pap collection kits with detailed collection and submission instructions.

Recently, it has been shown that in-room cytology can be easily performed by the endoscopist themselves for initial evaluation of the quality of the EUS-FNA specimen and an initial diagnosis distinguishing benign or malignant cells. Bringing cytology back to the clinician has some advantages but does not substitute the professional cytopathologist.

Cytology Room (room 305) The cytology chamber mainly consists of two enzyme markers and flow cytometry. The enzyme marker can detect the absorbance (Abs), fluorescence intensity (FL), and...

George N Papanicolou introduced cytology as a tool to detect cancer and pre-cancer in 1928. It is now a widely accepted method for mass screening in asymptomatic population. Many European countries have achieved reduction in incidence of cervical cancer by systematic pap smear screening of the population.

Cytology is the exam of a single cell. These cells are often found in fluid samples. Cytology is used to do the following: Diagnose or screen for cancer or diseases; Screen for fetal abnormalities; Screen for Pap tests; Diagnose infectious organisms; Work with other screening and diagnostic areas

Of the two classrooms, one is used as a cytology room and the other as a processing laboratory. The cytology room has 25 microscopy stations and a pentahead microscope. It also has cytological processing tools, specifically: Centrifuge; Cytocentrifuge; ThinPrep (liquid medium cytology processor)