CYTOPATHOLOGY

CYTOPATHOLOGY IS THE STUDY
AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL

PETROGLYPH offers expertise (Board Certification) in both exfoliative as well as aspiration cytology.  The quality oversight in cytopathology includes:

Definitive and refined diagnoses, not merely benign, malignant, and atypical.

Prompt results (the average turn-around time in 2010 for all non-Gyne cytologies was 1.49 business days and for all FNA biopsies was 1.64 business days) allowing for more rapid decision making and initiation of treatment, when required.

Cyto-histo correlation, including taking the time & making the effort to request material from outside institutions so that comparison can be made with previously obtained biopsy specimens.

Daily QA of cytology by a pathologist to monitor the quality of preparations.