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Information about Anatomical pathology

Anatomical pathology is the branch of pathology that looks at tissue structure and biopsies; it is extensively used in tumor diagnosis. The procedures used in anatomical pathology : * examination with the naked eye (this is important especially for large tissue fragments) * examination of stained sections on glass slides with a microscope (most commonly haematoxylin and eosin - a pink and blue stain) * examination with special stains for iron, organisms, calcium, elastic tissue, mucins etc * examination with immunoperoxidase and immunofluorescence stains - special antibody type stains especially useful in tumour pathology, in some inflammatory skin diseases and renal biopsies * Electron microscopy * Tissue cytogenetics

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