HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STAINS Flashcards
Masson’s trichome
Connective tissue, mast cell
Toluidine blue
Mast cell granule
Triple mallory stain
Connective tissue
Prussian blue
Ferric iron & ferritin
Safranin O
Mucin, cartilage, mast cell
Reticulum silver
Reticulum fibers
H & E/ Haematoxylin and eosin
General stain histopathology
PAS/Periodic Acid Schiff
Glycogen, fungi, basement membrane of tissue
Osmium tetroxide
Lipid
Aldehyde fuscin
Beta cells of pancreatic islets
Wright’s
Blood, bone marrow
Orcien
Elastic fibers
Oil-red-o (frozen section)
Lipid
Congo red
Amyloid
GMS/gomori methenamine
Fungi
Giemsa
Bone marrow
Sudan
Fat, Lipid, Phospholipid
von Kossa
Calcium and calcium salts
Cajal
Nervous tissue
PTAH/ phosphotungstinic acid haematoxylin
Fibrin, cross-striation of skeletal muscle
Romanowsky’s
Blood, bone marrow smear
Fontana masson
Melanin & Argentaffin cells
Tartrazine
Cytoplasm, cartilage, mast cell
Crysl violet
Neuron, glial cells