Stains Flashcards
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H&E
nuclei: blue
collagen muscles and nerves: red
Collagen
Masson-Trichome
collagen: blue or green
nuclei, muscles, nerves: red
elastic fibers
Verhoeff-van Guesson
elastic: black
collagen: red
nuclei, muscles, nerves: yellow
elastic fibers
Pinkus acid orcein
elastic: dark brown
Melanin, reticulate fibers( argyrophillic)
silver nitrate
black
melanin (argentaffin)
Fontana Mason
black
fungi, Donovan bodies, Frisch bacilii (rhinoscleroma), basement membrane
Gomori methamenenamine silver GMS
black
fungi
Grocott
fungi cell wall: black
glycogen
neutral MPS
fungi
PAS
glycogen:red, diastate labile
neutral MPS, fungi: red, diastase resistant
acid MPS
alcian blue pH2.5
blue
sulfated MPS
alcian blue pH 0.5
blue
acid MPS
toluidine blue
colloidal iron
blue
hyaluronic acid
hyaluronidase
hyaluronidase labile
epithelial mucin
mucicarmine
red
mast cells granules, acid MPS, myeloid granules, Leishmania
Giemsa
MCG, acid MPS: metachromatically purple
myeloid granules, leishmania: red
acid fast bacilli
fite
red
hemosiderin
perl’s potassium ferrocyanide
blue
amyloid
alkaline congo red
pink red, green birefringence on polarized light
calcium
von kossa
black
lipids
scarlet red
oil red o
red
tyrosinase in melanocytes
Dopa
black dopa- melanin
mast cells, neutrophils, myelocytes
naphthol-AS-D-chloroacetate esterase
granules are red
spirochetes
warthin starry
black
spirochetes, bacillary angiomatosis
dieterle and Steiner
black
AFS
ziehl neilson
red