HISTOPATHOLOGY

Not all masses or tumors need to be send to the laboratory for histopath. Many people do not know that this add to the expense of a simple surgery. All medical practitioners had one year of PATHOLOGY and with this we can readily recognize whether a tumor or mass is malignant or not by gross examination after excision. Outside of medico-legal cases, histopathology of tumors adds to the backlog of pathologists' work diverting their attention from the more important cases they have to see. GANGLION CYST, BAKER'S CYST, SEBACEOUS CYST AND LIPOMA are some of the cysts that do not need histopathology. They are glaringly so obvious that sending them to the laboratory is almost a sin. A surgeon must know them without blinking an eyelash. But because of the recent surge of layman's "medical knowledge", they insist that these tumors have to be send to the laboratory. It is their money anyway. But what if all these biopsies were charged to the government? They add to the wastage and misuse of funds.