Why do doctors wait for the results of the pathology report?

　　Pathology report is very important for clinicians and patients, because pathology report can confirm the diagnosis of disease and provide accurate basis for doctor's treatment of disease, prognosis evaluation and symptom explanation. Therefore, it is necessary to wait patiently before the results of the pathology report come out. The pathology department must not only ensure the timeliness of the report, but also ensure the accuracy of the report.

　　The steps of fixation, dehydration program processing, and doctor's reading in the birth of pathology report cannot be skipped. The fixed time ranges from 4 hours to 6 hours, and as much as 12 hours to 24 hours. The dehydration machine usually takes 12 hours to process the tissue, and it also takes a certain time for the doctor to read the film. Usually the pathology report is counted from the date of submission and is issued within 3 to 5 working days.

　　What should I do if I cannot understand the content of the report?

　　There are a lot of medical diagnosis words in the pathology report, and the classification of the disease is very complicated, and the follow-up treatment is also different. Sometimes, words such as considered as, conforming, not exempting, and suggestion appear in the pathology report. If you only rely on your own judgment after you get the report, you may misread it. Therefore, after receiving the pathology report, you should communicate and confirm with the clinical department doctor to ensure the correctness of the follow-up diagnosis and treatment, so as not to delay the diagnosis and treatment of the condition.

　　If conventional staining cannot meet the needs of diagnosis, doctors will also add special staining, immunohistochemical staining, FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization, genetic testing and other experiments to further assist disease diagnosis through experiments at different levels and levels. After the new experiment is launched, the report date will be extended by a few days from the previous 3 to 5 working days, and the longest will be extended by about half a month.

　　Will the submitted specimens be stored?

　　Pathology report is issued based on the observation of pathological slices, and the pathological slices are cut from tissue wax blocks. These tissue wax blocks are made from the diseased and suspicious parts of the submitted specimens. They are the most important data of the pathology department. These wax blocks and slices will be stored for a long time even after the report is issued. The purpose is to facilitate the needs of patients for follow-up consultations and further experiments. They can be checked again when problems are found. As for the remaining daily biopsy specimens that have not been prepared by the pathologist after taking the materials, in principle, they should be stored for two to four weeks from the pathology diagnosis report.

　　What is a biopsy consultation?

　　Pathology department slice consultation is to lend the slices from the previous outside hospital, and send them together with the pathology report to the current hospital for slice consultation. If only the slides are loaned and there is no previous pathology report, then the pathologist in the new hospital will not be able to know the details, including name, pathology number, location of the sample, diagnosis results, etc., let alone information verification. The pathology report and the biopsy are one-to-one correspondence, and both are indispensable during consultation. After the consultation, a consultation report will be issued to help reconfirm the diagnosis of the disease, thereby improving the accuracy of subsequent treatment.

　　If the name of the disease diagnosis on the pathology report of the two hospitals is the same, but the specific content is slightly different, the patient can reconfirm with the clinician. If the diagnosis of the pathology report is completely inconsistent, it is recommended to go to a third hospital for consultation, and finally contact the clinic based on the comprehensive results after multiple consultations for reasonable treatment and related treatment.

　　Are there limitations to the pathology report?

　　Currently, pathology reports still have some difficult academic problems and some technical limitations. The specimens submitted for clinical surgery, the filling of application form information, the pathologist's selection of materials, the pathologist's filming, the pathologist's reading of the film, and the update of the classification of difficult diseases will all have an impact on the pathological diagnosis.

　　Therefore, if a major treatment is needed, the patient’s clinical manifestations and other examination results should also be comprehensively judged. If there is any doubt about the results of the pathology report, or the pathology report is inconsistent with the clinical manifestations, the doctor will visit the pathology department for inquiries and further examinations to help the patient find the real cause.