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