Histopathology

Before January 2020 the unit offered skeletal services, only collecting specimen and transporting it to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria (ABUTH) for analysis. But with the acquisition of a tissue processing machine, histology water bath, slide drying hot plate, microtome and refrigerator for the unit everything is now done in-house. Thus, the unit can now carry out fine needle aspirate cytology (FNAC) of breast, thyroid lesion, liver, salivary glands etc. Pap smear, pleural and pericardia effusion cytology, imprint cytology for malignant breast lesions. Histopathology review of both benign and malignant breast lesions, soft tissue tumor etc.