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
Section of ruptured spleen stained with haematoxylin and eosin showing an abundant, granular, brown formalin pigment. The section on the right is the same section under polarized light showing birefringent formalin pigment.