Gallery of Histological Sections

 

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 shows urate crystals in a gouty tophus. The section on the right is the same section under polarized light.

Result: Urate crystals are birefringent
© Roy C. Ellis 2004