Prepared by
ROY ELLIS
IMVS Division of Pathology
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia 5011
Email: roy.ellis@imvs.sa.gov.au
Acid fast bacilli stained by the Ellis and Zabrowarny technique
Acid fast bacilli stained with the fluorescent Kuper and May method
Acid fast bacilli
stained by the Ziehl-Neelsen technique
Aldehyde fuchsin stain for pancreatic B-cells
Aluminium in undecalcified bone stained by Irwin's method
Alizarin red S for calcium in a section of kidney
Amalgam tattoo in a section of gingiva stained haematoxylin and
eosin
Amyloid
stained with Congo red
Amyloid stained with thioflavine T
Anthrax stained with Jensen's Picro-Carmine-Gram Method
Aspergillus fumigatus stained with Grocott's Methenamine
Silver
Astrocyte demonstrated by the immunoperoxidase method for GFAP (Glial
fibrillary acidic protein)
ßA4
protein in a section of brain from a case of Alzheimer's disease
Best's Carmine method to stain Glycogen
Bone,
undecalcified under polarized light to demonstrate differences
between lamellar bone and collagen
Bone
marrow, human stained using Jenner-Giemsa
Cajal's gold sublimate method used to demonstrate
neurofibrillary tangles
Calcium in a section of kidney stained with alizarin red S
Calcium in undecalcified bone by von Kossa method
Carbon and silica in a section of lung stained haematoxylin and
eosin
Chloroacetate-esterase activity used for demonstrating mast
cells
Cholesterol and esters stained using the Bromine-sudan black
technique
Cholesterol and esters stained using the perchloric acid-naphthaquinone
(PAN) method
Chromotrope-aniline blue technique for Mallory bodies in human
liver
Collagen in trabecullar bone under polarized light
Collagen stained by Masson trichrome
Collagen
stained by M.S.B.
Collagen TEM x20,000
Congo
red method staining amyloid
Copper demonstrated using the rhodanine technique
Cryptococcus neoformans stained with crystal violet
DNA
in human liver stained using the Feulgen technique
DNA
in an anaplastic tumour stained by the Feulgen technique
DNA
and RNA in dorsal root ganglion stained using the
gallocyanin-chromalum technique
DNA and
RNA in human liver stained using methyl green-pyronin
Elastic laminae stained with Verhoeff's iron haemtoxylin
Elastin TEM x35,000
Ellis and
Zabrowarny technique for acid fast bacilli
Ferric
iron demonstrted using Perl's prussian blue
Feulgen stain for DNA in human liver
Feulgen stain for DNA in an anaplastic tumour
Fibrin
stained by M.S.B.
Fibroblast by TEM x8,000
Formalin pigment in a section of spleen
Gallocyanin-chromalum for DNA and RNA in dorsal root ganglion
Giardia Lamblia in a duodenal aspirate stained by Papanicolaou's
method
Giemsa stain to demonstrate Toxoplasma gondii
GFAP (Glial
fibrillary acidic protein) in an astrocyte demonstrated by the
immunoperoxidase method
Glycogen stained with Best's Carmine
Gram
stain for Nocardia asteroides
Grimelius technique staining pancreatic A-cells
Grocott's Methenamine Silver
Gouty
tophus
Haematoxylin and eosin - Formalin pigment in a section of spleen
Haematoxylin and eosin - Section of gingiva showing 'amalgam
tattoo'
Haematoxylin and eosin - Gouty tophus
Haematoxylin and eosin - Seromucous glands of bronchus
Hale's colloidal iron staining hyaluronic acid in human
angiosarcoma
Heidenhain's iron haematoxylin demonstrating muscle striations
Hepatitis B (Australia antigen) stained with the Orcein
technique
HMB-45
section of malignant melanoma stained by streptavidin-biotin alkline
phosphatase fast red TR
Hyaluronic acid stained using Hale's colloidal iron technique
Irwin's method for aluminium in undecalcified bone
Jenner-Giemsa stain for bone marrow
Jensen's Picro-Carmine-Gram to stain Anthrax
Keratin stained with Masson trichrome
Kuper
and May fluorescent method for acid fast bacilli
Lamellar bone in undecalcified section under polarized light
Lindner's technique for nucleolar organizing regions
Luxol
fast blue method for myelinated axons
Macchiavello technique for viral inclusion bodies
Malignant melanoma treated with HMB-45 and stained by
streptavidin-biotin alkline phosphatase fast red TR
Mallory bodies stained using the chromotrope-aniline blue
technique
Masson-Fontana demonstrating melanin pigment
Masson trichrome staining collagen, muscle and keratin
Mast
cell granules stained with acidified toluidine blue
Mast
cells using chloroacetate esterase activity
Measles virus inclusion bodies stained with the Macchiavello
technique
Melanin pigment stained with the Masson-Fontana technique
Metachromasia with toluidine blue
Metachromasia oxidation in potassium permanganate followed by
toluidine blue
Methyl
green-pyronin for DNA and RNA in human liver
M.S.B.
staining fibrin and collagen
Mucin stained with Southgate's mucicarmine
Mucosubstances
Muscle striations demonstrated with Heidenhain's iron
haematoxylin
Muscle stained with Masson trichrome
Myelinated axons stained with the luxol fast blue method
Neurofibrillary tangles demonstrated by Cajal's gold sublimate
method
Neutral fat deposits stained with the Nile blue sulfate method
Neutral fats stained with oil red O in isopraponal
Nile
blue sulfate method to differentiate between neutral fats, oils
and cholesterol esters and fatty acids, lipofuschins and
phospholipids
Nocardia asteroides stained with Gram stain
Nucleolar organizing regions using the technique of Lindner
Oil
red O for Neutral fats
Orcein
tecnique for Australia Antigen (hepatitis B)
Pancreatic A-cells stained using the Grimelius technique
Pancreatic B-cells stained with a modified aldehyde fuchsin
Paneth
cell granules stained with phloxine-tartrazine in smll intestine
Perchloric acid-naphthaquinone (PAN) method for cholesterol and
cholesteryl esters
Perl's
prussian blue for ferric iron
Phloxine-tartrazine technique for Paneth cell granules in small
intestine
Phospholipids using sudan black with bromination
Pituitary stained with the Orange G/Acid fuchsin/Light green
technique
Pneumocystis carinii stained with Grocott's Methenamine
Silver
Rhodanine technique for the demonstration of copper
RNA
and DNA in dorsal root ganglion stained using the
gallocyanin-chromalum technique
RNA and
DNA in human liver stained using methyl green-pyronin
Schistosoma haematobium in a cervical smear stained with
Papanicolaou's method
Seromucous glands of bronchus stained haematoxylin and eosin
Silica and carbon in a section of lung stained haematoxylin and
eosin
Small
intestine stained for Paneth cell granules using the
phloxine-tartrazine method
Southgate's mucicarmine stain for mucin
Spirochates stained by the Warthin-Starry technique
Streptavidin-biotin alkline phosphatase fast red TR used to
stain malignant melanoma after treatment with HMB-45
Strongyloides stercoralis in a sputum stained with
Papanicolaou's method
Sudan
black with bromination for cholesterol and cholesterol esters
Thioflavine T, fluorescent method for amyloid
Toluidine blue, acidified for staining mast cell granules
Toluidine blue, metachromatic reaction with cartilage in Guinea
pig trachea
Toluidine blue, metachromatic reaction with cartilage in Guinea
pig trachea after oxidation in potassium permanganate
Toxoplasma gondii stained with Giemsa stain
Verhoeff's iron haemtoxylin for elastic laminae
Viral
inclusion bodies stained with the Macchiavello technique
von
Kossa for the demonstration of mineralized calcium in
undecalcified bone
Warthin-Starry technique for Spirochaetes
Ziehl-Neelsen technique for acid fast bacilli
© Roy C. Ellis 2004