Stains Flashcards
Haematoxylin and eosin
Haematoxylin stains DNA blue
Eosin stains cytoplasmic organelles pink
Luxol fat blue
Stains myelin blue
Detects demyelination
Bodian
Stains nerve fibres black
Movat’s spentachrome
Stains elastic tissue black
Periodic acid schiff
Stains basement membrane magenta (lens capsule, descemet’s, bruch’s)
Masson trichrome
STains collagen blue/green
Stains hyaline red
Congo red
Stains amyloid orange
Polarised light - apple green brefringence
Alcian blue
Stains glycosaminoglycans in macular dystrophy blue
Wilder’s
Stains retinculin fibres black
Alizarin red
Stains calcium red/orange
Von kossa
Stains calcium black (band keratopathy)
Prussian blue
Stains iron blueM
Mucicarmine
Stains mucus pink
For muscus secreting adenocarcinoma
Corneal stromal dystrophy
Marilyn Monroe Always
Gets Her Men in
L A City
Macular dystrophy
Mucopolysacchiride Alcian Blue
Granular dystrophy, Hyaline, Mason trichrome
Lattice dystrophy, Amyloid, Congo red
