Coastal Pathology Laboratories

Information for Patients

Cytopathology

Coastal Pathology Laboratories employs six full time cytotechnologists, who examine 35,000 Pap tests each year using the state of the art Cytyc Imager System (Hologic). Six board-certified cytopathologists are available to review the abnormal Pap tests. All Pap tests are correlated with previous Pap tests and surgical biopsies.

Coastal Pathology Laboratories also performs the Cervista HR HPV DNA and Cervista HPV 16/18 Genotyping on ThinPrep samples enabling CPL to provide the most effective and efficient technology to assist the cervical cancer screening process. Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are also reflex tests performed at CPL on the ThinPrep samples.

Anatomic Pathology

Our histotechnologists process over 25,000 specimens at Coastal Pathology Laboratories each year for the pathologists to review. The pathology staff includes multiple subspecialists; thus, CPL is able to interpret complex cases.