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

 

 

 

Human bone marrow stained with Jenner-Giemsa. Formalin-fixed, HCl/EDTA decalcified, paraffin embedded, 2µm thick section

Result: Nuclei - dark blue
Cytoplasm of lymphocytes and monocytes - pale blue
Neutrophil granules - purple
Eosinophil granules - pink-orange
Basophil granules - purple-black
Nucleoli - blue
Erythrocytes - pink
Connective tissue - pink to light purple
Mst cell granules - dark purple
© Roy C. Ellis 2004