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connective tissue stains

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Osmium Tetroxide   only chemical method for staining fat fat becomes insoluble in alcohols and xylene tissue can be processed for paraffin embedding can counterstain with H&E or masson trichrome  
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Toluidine Blue   Stains Mast cells  
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Mast cells   Play a key role in inflammation and allergic reactions associated with autoimmune disorders  
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Sudan Black B   most sensitive of lipid dyes use propylene glycol counterstained with nuclear fast red  
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Oil red O   method for neutral fats used on frozen sections fixed with formaldehyde Harris hematoxylin blued in ammonia water  
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Periodic -Acid Methenamine Silver   For Basement Membranes Used to detect disease in glomerular basement membrane uses periodic acid, methanimine solution, gold chloride, sodium thiosulfate, and light green counterstain  
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Periodic -Acid Methenamine Silver   basement membrane ........black background.........................green  
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Osmium Tetroxide   Fat....................................black other tissue elements.......depends on counter method  
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Toluidine Blue   mast cells....... rose background..... blue  
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Sudan Black B   Fat................blue/black Nuclei............red  
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Oil red O   Lipids........ red Nuclei.........blue  
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Methenamine silver   silver nitrate and methenamine Working solution contains methenamine silver, distilled water and borax  
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Mallory PTAH Technique   demonstrates cross striations and fibrin  
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Mallory PTAH Technique   cross striations, fibrin........blue nuclei................................blue collagen............................red/brown  
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Gordon and Sweets   Stains for reticular fibers oxidizes in 1% potassium permanganate ****bleaches in oxalic acid**** sensitizes in ferric ammonium sulfate uses ammoniacal silver formalin  
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Gordon and Sweets   reticulin........black  
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Ammoniacal Silver Solution   5ml Silver nitrate ammonium hydroxide until no precipitate 5ml sodium hydroxide ammonium hydroxide until faint cloudiness dilute remaining solution to 50ml with distilled water  
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Gomori for reticular fibers   oxidize in potassium permanganate differentiate in **potassium metabisulfate** sensitize in ferric ammonium sulfate ammoniacal silver solution reduced in formalin gold chloride> potassium metabisulfate>sodium thiosulfate optional nuclear fast red co  
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Gomori for reticular fibers   reticulin...............black collagen..............taupe  
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Movat Pentachrome   nuclei and elastic fibers...............black collagen...........................................yellow ground substance, mucin..............................blue fibrinoid, fibrin.........................intense red muscle...............red  
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Verhoeff Van Gieson   for elastic fibers ferric chloride is used in the primary stain as well as a differentiater  
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Verhoeff stain   alcoholic hematoxylin ferric chloride lugol iodine  
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Van Gieson stain   acid fuchin picric acid *stains collagen RED  
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Vehoeff Van Gieson   elastic fibers.... blue/black nuclei...............blue/black collagen...........red other tissue......yellow  
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Gomori Trichrome   chromotrope 2r fast green or aniline blue phosphotungstic acid glacial acetic acid  
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Gomori Trichrome   nuclei.........................black cytoplasm, keratin, muscle fibers........red collagen,mucin..........green or blue  
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Masson Trichrome   Bouins, Weigherts, Biebrich scarlet-acid fuchsin phosphomolybdic/phosphotungstic acid aniline blue (use fast green when cologne is predominant) acetic acid  
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Masson Trichrome   nuclei......................... black keratin, muscle, cytoplasm....red collagen, mucin............blue  
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Gomori Aldehyde Fuchsin   Elsatic Stain elastic fibers..........blue/purple other tissue....................green  
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Aldehyde fuchsin   hydrochloric acid and paraldehyde added to alcoholic solution of basic fuchsin  
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