Anatomic Pathology

Anatomic Pathology is a medical specialty of Pathology that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the gross, microscopic, and molecular examination of organs, tissues, and whole bodies (autopsy).

Anatomic pathology is itself divided in subspecialties, the main ones being surgical pathology, cytopathology and forensic pathology. To be licensed to practice Anatomic Pathology, one has to complete medical school, an approved residency program and be certified. In the U.S., the American board of Pathology certifies pathologists.

Anatomic pathology is one of two branches of pathology, the other being clinical pathology, the diagnosis of disease through the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids. Often, pathologists practice both Anatomic and clinical pathology, a combination known as general pathology. Similar specialties exist in veterinary pathology

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