(PALM 305) Exam 3 objectives Flashcards
Masson Trichrome
differentiates between collagen and muscle/fibrin
Masson trichrome results
Collagen and mucin: blue
Muscle, epithelium, fibrin, RBCS: Red
Nuclei: blue/black
Gomori 1-step trichrome
Differentiates between muscle and collagen. Stain of choice for distinguishing neuromuscular diseases
Gomori 1-step trichome results
Collagen and mucin: Green/blue
Muscle, keratin, epithelium, RBCs: Red
Nuclei: blue/back
VVG
elastic fibers
Aldehyde Fuchsin
Elastic Fibers
VVG results
Elastic fibers: black
Collagen: red
Muscle, Epithelium, RBCs: yellow
Nuclei: Black
Aldehyde fuchsin results
Elastic fibers: purple
Background: depends on counterstain
Orcein
Elastin fibers and copper-associated protein and hepatitis B surface antigen
Orcein results
Elastic fibers: red/brown (dark brown)
Background: counterstain
Resorcin-Fuchsin
Elastic fibers, identical to Verhoeff- van gieson if you use the same counterstain
Resorcin-fuchsin reults
Elastic fibers: blue-black
Collagen: red
Smooth muscle: yellow
Movat pentachrome
Mucin, Elastic fibrin, Muscle, collagen, nuclei
Movat Pentachrome results
Nuclei and elastic fibers: Black
collagen: yellow
Mucin, ground substances and fungus: Blue
Fibrin: intense/dark red
Muscle: red
Oxidation
glycol groups of reticulin fibers oxidized to aldehydes
examples of oxidizers
Phosphomolybdic acid (phospho acids), Potassium permanganate, periodic acid
Example of Bleaching
Potassium metabisulfite, oxalic acid
Sensitization/metallic impregnation
deposition of metallic salts on or around the aldehyde groups
Sensitizers examples
Ferric ammonium sulfate, Uranyl Nitrate, Dilute Solution of silver nitrate
Silver impregnantion
silver ions replace metallic salts in addition to reacting with any remaining exposed aldehydes
Silver solutions examples
ammoniacal silver, silver nitrate, Methenamine silver
Reduction/developing
silver ions are reduced to a visible brown precipitate
Reducers examples
Unbuffered formalin, Hydroquinone, Light (artificial or natural)
Toning
silver ions are replaced with gold ions forming a more intense, stable black precipitate
toning examples
gold chloride
sodium thiosulfate
aka as hypo, dissolves unreduced silver ions preventing nonspecific staining
Gomori reticulin
Reticular fibers
gomori reticulin results
Reticulin fibers: black
Nuclei/background: pink/red if counterstain. If no counterstain grey
Gordon and sweets
same as Gomori except it will use oxalic acid as a bleaching solution instead of potassium metabisulfite
PA-MS
Basement membranes and other GaGs
PA-MS results
Basement membrane: black
Background: depends on counterstain
PTAH
Cross striations in skeletal and cardiac muscle, and fibrin
PTAH results
Cross-striations, fibrin, nuclei: Blue
Collagen: Reddish/Brown
MSB (ledrum)
fibrin, can distinguish between old and newer deposits
MSB results
Muscle, Fibrin: red
-early fibrin: yellow
-Old deposits: blue
RBCs: yellow
Collagen: blue
Toluidine Blue
Mast cells
Toluidine Blue results
Mast cell granules: purple
Background: Blue
simple/neutral lipids
removed with processing
Compound lipids
retain some phospholipids and myelin
Derived lipids
cholesterol, bile acids, sex and adrenocortical hormones
Oil red O
simple/neutral lipids
oil red O results
Lipids: red
Background: blue/purple from hematoxilyn
Sudan Black B
demonstrates neutral and compound lipids.
Most sensitive lipid dye since it will stain phospholipids as well as neutral lipids
Sudan Black B results
Lipids: blue/black
Background: red/pink
Osmium tetroxide
lipids in formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue