Histopathological analysis
- Description of the examination
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The Derm-Al Centre offers histopathology of samples and of every skin lesion removed by traditional surgical procedure.
Histopathology is performed mainly to detect cancer cells in tissue. Also, histopathology makes it possible to diagnose many other skin diseases: precancerous conditions, skin tumours, autoimmune skin disorders, connective tissue disorders, dermatosis and other skin disorders with characteristic histological image (e.g. psoriasis, lichen planus), etc.
A sample extracted during surgical procedure is placed in stabiliser and sent to the laboratory for spatial microscopic analysis. At the laboratory, the sample is processed: dehydrated, hardened and embedded in paraffin. Then, it is cut into stripes several milimetres long, placed on microscope slides and coloured. After that, it is ready for examination by pathologist, who identifies and describes pathological changes (histopathological analysis), if any.
If a pigmented lesion is removed, it is important to know, for the purpose of histopathological analysis, whether the whole lesion was removed, together with an adequate margin of healthy tissue.
The result of the examination is available within appr. 14 days and it is communicated to the patient by the physician.
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Krzysztof Orłowski, medical doctor
Elżbieta Bednarczyk, medical doctor