Departments 
  Pathology
 
 Department of Pathology
   
Director:   Dr. Jaume Ordi
    

SERVICES
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- Pathological diagnosis of biopsy and surgical specimen
- Gynecological cytology
- Diagnosis of general cytological specimens (fluid cytology, fine   needle sampling in solid lesion specimens, etc)
- Preparation and histological block filing acording to currently   approved protocols
 
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
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- Histochemistry
      - PAS
      - Grocott's metenamin silver
      - Ziehl-Nielsen
      - Congo Red (amiloid)
- Immunochemistry:
      - Cellular differentiation markers (keratin 7, 20, Cam 5.2,         Vimentin, etc,)
      - Proliferation markers (MIB1-Ki67)
      - Oncogene products (p53, bcl2, p16, etc)
      - Lymphoid markers (CD45, CD20, CD3, CD10, etc)
      - Hormones (Inhibin, ACTH, etc)
      - Hormone receptors
      - c-erb-B2 (Her-2-neu)
      - Infectious agents (cytomegalovirus, herpes, etc)
      - Other markers (PSA, racemase, etc.)
      - Immunofluorescence (Immunoglobulines, complement, etc)

OTHER SERVICES
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- Macroscopic Photography
- Electronic microscopy
- Microphotography