{"id":44646,"date":"2025-08-05T13:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/?page_id=44646"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T08:05:42","slug":"cytopath","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/","title":{"rendered":"Cytopathology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cyto-crop.jpg\" alt=\"cyto-crop\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"491\" width=\"1003\" title=\"cyto-crop\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tWelcome to the world of cytopathology!\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\tfor pathology residents and cytotechnologists, welcome to our cytopathology pages!\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Here, you will find:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/quick-approaches-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/cyto-QA-300x300-circle-fa4e6742b09a91df4855bf79e2bba07a-.png\" alt=\"cyto QA\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" title=\"cyto QA\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/quick-approaches-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quick approaches<\/a><\/h4><p>Summarised diagnostic approaches across various systems<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/quick-approaches-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/cyto-mystery-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/cyto-MC-circle-f48d71581c47d4834dbe2f2c02b6adc9-.png\" alt=\"cyto MC\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"cyto MC\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/cyto-mystery-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mystery Cases<\/a><\/h4><p>Interesting cases illustrated here from across different body system<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/cyto-mystery-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2TaQ3CT3zlCdQ4ntNg3pE93krOQSrBGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/cyto-TC-circle-ae925e31120dbe91bb3373e209280862-.png\" alt=\"cyto TC\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"cyto TC\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2TaQ3CT3zlCdQ4ntNg3pE93krOQSrBGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talking cases<\/a><\/h4><p>Short video clips showing salient cytomorphologic features<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2TaQ3CT3zlCdQ4ntNg3pE93krOQSrBGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/picture-atlas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"CQ2022.1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/sscyto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singapore Society of Cytology<\/a><\/h4><p>Cytoquiz answers<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/sscyto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/cytoweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/cytoweb-circle-0cd90f698bac305ab04e84c08ddb8334-.png\" alt=\"cytoweb\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" title=\"cytoweb\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/cytoweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CYTOWEB BLOG<\/a><\/h4><p>Check out even more content on our sister website, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/cytoweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CYTOWEB<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/cytoweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>Also check out our Cyto social media channels:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cytoweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Instagram_Glyph_Gradient_RGB-300x300.png\" alt=\"Instagram_Glyph_Gradient_RGB\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" title=\"Instagram_Glyph_Gradient_RGB\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cytoweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInstagram\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2TaQ3CT3zlCdQ4ntNg3pE93krOQSrBGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2TaQ3CT3zlCdQ4ntNg3pE93krOQSrBGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYouTube\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>Enjoy learning all about cytology!<\/p>\nCytopathology Team<br \/>\nNational University Hospital, Singapore<br \/>\nNational University of Singapore\n\t<p><strong>Comments and enquiries:<\/strong> path.web@nus.edu.sg, patngame@nus.edu.sg, min_en_nga@nuhs.edu.sg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website contents:<\/strong> Copyright \u00a9 Dept of Pathology, National University Hospital, Singapore 2025. 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