A laboratory of pathological anatomy, is a specialized laboratory, where biopsy and cytology samples are processed by highly qualified personnel, for subsequent microscopic examination, interpretation and diagnosis by a pathologist doctor. This science not only studies the evolution and causes of a disease, but also makes a forecast of the effects that different diseases can have on humans. For this, tumor cells and body tissues are analyzed.
Thus, the pathologist or anatomopathologist identifies the causes and consequences of diseases that affect specific parts of the body, through microscopic analysis of tissue or cell samples, previously prepared with special dyes that help to identify structural alterations, in cells and tissues, as well as protein or genetic abnormalities.