Histopathological Stains
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- Acid orcein giemsa – elastic fibers, mast cell granules, bacteria
- Alcian Blue – acidic mucins
- Alcian Blue/PAS – acidic, neutral mucin
- Alizarin Red S – Calcium
- Aluminum stain (Morin) – aluminum
- Congo Red – amyloid
- Duffy’s – mast cell and eosinophils
- Fites – Mycobacterium and Nocardia sp.
- Fontana Masson – melanin, late lipofuscins, argentaffin cells
- Formalin Pigment Removal
- Giemsa – mast cell granules, bacteria
- Gordon and Sweet’s – reticulin fibers
- Gram – bacteria
- Grimelius’ – neuroendocrine cells
- Grocott’s Methenamine Silver – fungus
- Grocott’s Methenamine Silver/H&E – fungus
- Hall’s – bile
- Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) – routine stain
- Hematoxylin Orcein Phloxine Saffron (HOPS) – muscle, collagen, elastic fibers
- Holmes – nerve fibers
- Luxol Fast Blue/Cresyl Violet – myelin, nissl substance
- Luxol Fast Blue/H&E – myelin
- Macchiavello’s rickettsia
- Masson’s Trichrome – muscle and collagen fibers Mercury pigment removal
- Melanin Bleach/H&E
- Methyl Green Pyronine – plasma cells
- Oil Red O – lipids – (Note: please submit wet tissue)
- Okajima’s – hemoglobin
- Periodic Acid Methenamine Silver – basement membranes
- Periodic Acid Schiff’s (PAS) – neutral mucins, glycogen, fungus
- Periodic Acid Schiff’s/Diastase – glycogen
- Perl’s Prussian Blue – hemosiderin
- Phosphotungstic Acid Hematoxylin (PTAH) – fibrin, muscle striations
- Rhodanine – copper
- Safranine O/Fast Green – cartilage
- Schmorl’s – lipofuscins, melanin
- Sirius Red (Picrosirus) – osteoid
- Toluidine Blue – Mast cells
- Von Kossa – calcium salts
- Warthin Faulkner – spirochetes, bacteria
- Weigert Van Gieson’s – muscle, collagen, and elastic fibers
- Ziehl Neelsen – Mycobacterium sp.
Frozen or Oversize Samples
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