Our Services

CTA Lab Promises
Stains
CTA Lab’s clients have the option of self-diagnosing their cases through our slide preparation including our standard Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) stain or a wide variety of special staining. The more popular option is to have skilled and board-certified dermatopathologists Dr. Curtis T. Thompson, Dr. Stephanie Mengden, or Dr. Jessica Spies diagnose the case and issue a report with their findings. Having a board-certified dermatopathologist diagnose your case gives you the ease of mind that you and your patient will receive a quick, detailed and accurate diagnosis.

Through either option of self-diagnosing or dermatopathologist consultation, our priority and mission is to provide accurate, thorough and timely dermatopathology service. We accept specimens from all states nationwide and look forward to working with you.

CTA Lab Promises:

- All insurances accepted
- Average one day turn-around
- Reports that are easy-to-read
- Highly competitive billing rates
- All necessary specimen supplies provided
- Internal billing - less hassle for your patients
- Strong focus on quality - our number one priority
- All shipping costs covered if you are outside our courier range
- Direct access to Dr Thompson and his team on difficult and urgent cases
- Board-certified Dermatopathologists, trained specifically in Dermatology Pathology
- Attention to detail weather working on a 2mm punch or a melanoma excision
- Expert Histotechnicians that can process a wide variety of stains for the most
  accurate diagnosis
- A sense that each specimen is not just another number, but as important as the
  patient it came from

Stains:

Standard:

• Hematoxylin and Eosin (H & E)

Special Stains:

• AFB
• Colloidal Iron
• Congo Red
• Elastic
• Fite AFB
• Gram
• Iron
• Melanin
• PAS
• PAS-D (Fungal)
• Steiner
• Von Kossa Calcium
• Warthin-Starry

Direct Immunofluorescence (DIF):

• IgA
• IgG
• IgM
• C3
• Fibrinogen

Immunohistochemistry Stains:

CD1 CD3 CD4 CD7 CD8 CD10 CD20 CD30 CD31 CD34 CD45 CD68 CAM 5.2 Chromagranin A Cyclin D1 Desmin EMA

ER Factor XIIIA KerAE1/3 Keratin 7 Keratin 20 Ki-67 Mast Cell Tryptase Melan-A Myeloperoxidase NSE PR PSA S-100 SMA Synaptophysin TdT TTF-1 Vimetin