Editing Pathology (section)

===Clinical pathology===
{{Main|Clinical pathology}}

Clinical pathology is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the [[Medical laboratory|laboratory]] analysis of bodily fluids such as blood and [[urine]], as well as tissues, using the tools of [[clinical chemistry|chemistry]], [[clinical microbiology]], [[hematology]] and molecular pathology.  Clinical pathologists work in close collaboration with [[medical technologist]]s, hospital administrations, and referring physicians. Clinical pathologists learn to administer a number of visual and microscopic tests and an especially large variety of tests of the [[biophysical]] properties of tissue samples involving [[automated analyser]]s and [[Microbiological culture|culture]]s.  Sometimes the general term "laboratory medicine specialist" is used to refer to those working in clinical pathology, including medical doctors, Ph.D.s and doctors of pharmacology.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zérah |first1=Simone |last2=McMurray |first2=Janet |last3=Horváth |first3=Andrea Rita |title=Our profession now has a European name: Specialist in Laboratory Medicine |url=https://www.eflm.eu/files/efcc/files/EFLM%20Newsletter%202011-05.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323171203/https://www.eflm.eu/files/efcc/files/EFLM%2520Newsletter%25202011-05.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-23 |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=EFCC Newsletter |publisher=European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine |date=May 2011 |location=Paris |page=5}}</ref> [[Immunopathology]], the study of an organism's immune response to infection, is sometimes considered to fall within the domain of clinical pathology.<ref name="bulletin">{{cite web| publisher=Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche |language=fr|url=http://www.education.gouv.fr/bo/2003/32/MENS0301444A.htm|title=Bulletin officiel du n°32 du 4 septembre 2003 – MENS0301444A|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302102242/http://www.education.gouv.fr/bo/2003/32/MENS0301444A.htm|archive-date=2008-03-02|date=4 September 2003}}</ref>

====Hematopathology====
{{Main|Hematopathology}}
[[File:Konelab60i.png|thumb|225px|right|[[Clinical chemistry]]: an [[automated analyzer|automated blood chemistry analyzer]]]]

Hematopathology is the study of diseases of blood cells (including constituents such as [[white blood cells]], [[red blood cells]], and [[platelets]]) and the tissues, and organs comprising
the hematopoietic system. The term hematopoietic system refers to tissues and organs that produce and/or primarily host hematopoietic cells and includes [[bone marrow]], the [[lymph nodes]], [[thymus]], [[spleen]], and other lymphoid tissues.  In the United States, hematopathology is a board certified subspecialty (licensed under the American Board of Pathology) practiced by those physicians who have completed a general pathology residency (anatomic, clinical, or combined) and an additional year of fellowship training in hematology. The hematopathologist reviews biopsies of lymph nodes, bone marrows and other tissues involved by an [[Infiltration (medical)|infiltrate]] of cells of the hematopoietic system. In addition, the hematopathologist may be in charge of flow cytometric and/or molecular hematopathology studies.{{cn|date=August 2022}}