Gallery of Histological Sections and Cytological Smears

 

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