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Cytology involves examining cells from bodily tissues or fluids under a microscope to determine a diagnosis. It is commonly used to diagnose or screen for cancer by extracting cells using fine-needle aspiration or other collection methods and examining the cells for abnormalities. Results are usually available within 1-2 weeks depending on the specific test and whether additional processing is required.

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Cytology

Cytology involves examining cells from bodily tissues or fluids under a microscope to determine a diagnosis. It is commonly used to diagnose or screen for cancer by extracting cells using fine-needle aspiration or other collection methods and examining the cells for abnormalities. Results are usually available within 1-2 weeks depending on the specific test and whether additional processing is required.

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they have to pierce your skin in

Cytology some way to get a sample of cell.


The most common type of
involves examining cells from bodily
intervention cytology is fine-
tissues or fluids under a microscope
needle aspiration (FNA). A
to determine a diagnosis.
healthcare provider will inject a
lso known as cytopathology involves thin needle into the area that
examining cells from bodily tissues or they need to sample and draw
fluids to determine a diagnosis. A out fluid. A pathologist then
certain kind of physician, called a examines the cells in the fluid
pathologist, will look at the cells in the under a microscope.
tissue sample under a microscope and
WHEN IS CYTOLOGY USED?
look for characteristics or
abnormalities in the cells  Healthcare providers and
pathologists most commonly use
There are two main kinds, or
cytology to diagnose or screen for
branches, of cytology
cancer.
1. Exfoliative cytology is a branch  A healthcare provider only uses a
of cytology in which the cells that diagnostic test for a person if they
a pathologist examines are either have signs or symptoms that
“shed” by your body naturally or suggest they might have a certain
are manually scraped or brushed disease or infection.
(exfoliated) from the surface of  A diagnostic test, such as a
your tissue. cytology test, determines if
abnormal cells are present. If so,
Examples of exfoliative cytology
the test accurately classifies the
that involve manual tissue
disease. A healthcare provider uses
brushing or scraping include:
screening tests to see if a person
 Gynecological samples could have a certain disease, such
 Gastrointestinal Sample as cancer, even before they
 Skin or mucus sample experience symptoms. A popular
 Respiratory samples type of cytology screening test is a
 Urinary samples Pap smear. Other uses for cytology
tests include:
 To diagnose infectious diseases.
2. intervention cytology is a  To diagnose inflammatory
branch of cytology in which your conditions.
healthcare provider has to  To examine thyroid lesions
“intervene” with your body to get
How does cytology test work?
a sample of cells to test, meaning
 Collecting the sample cells
 Examining the sample cells
 Processing the sample cells
 Sharing the result
WHEN WILL I KNOW THE
RESULTS OF MY CYTOLOGY
TEST?
The time it takes to get the results of
your cytology test depends on certain
factors like what kind of tissue cells
were examined. Some routine
cytology screenings could take as little
as 1 to 2 days to get your results
while other tests could take 1 to 2
weeks. Factors that affect how long it
takes to get cytology test results
include:
 The need to look at more
tissue or cells.
 Special stains or tests.
 The need for a second
opinion. Processing time.

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