Neuropathology comes under anatomic pathology and it is also considered a subspecialty of anatomic pathology. One thing must be remembered that the neuropathology is another branch and neuropathy is another branch. Most people merge the two different branch of medicine. The neuropathy is the branch of medicine which studies the disorders of the nerves.
The work of a neuropathologist is very tough and complex. They usually examine the biopsy tissue from the spinal cord and from the brain.

 

 

The biopsy is done by cutting a small piece of muscle from the affected area and then examining it to diagnose the disease. The biopsy is advised after the detection of mass by the radiologic imaging. The tough job for the neuropathologist is the autopsies. They have to help in the post-mortem diagnosis that affects the central nervous system.
Now there is a new way of biopsy available which is known as opunch skin biopsy. This biopsy test can recognize the nerve fibers in the skin and can identify the small fiber neuropathies.

 

 

This test is getting popular and it is available in some selected laboratories and in some universities as well. This test system replaces the sural nerve biopsy.
As the neuropathology is a subfield of anatomical pathology, the physician who wants to specialize in neuropathology will have to complete a fellowship after the residency in general pathology or anatomical pathology. When a disease in the nervous system is suspected the biopsy of a nervous tissue is taken out and sent to the neuropathologist to examine the biopsy using microscopes or other molecular methods and to diagnose the disease.