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 of Liver in a case of genetic haemachromtosis. A - section stained haematoxtlin and eosin contains an abundant brown pigment. B - section stained by Perl's reaction clearly demonstrates the pigment as haemosiderin.

           A                                                                 B
Result: Hemosiderin stains blue/black
© Roy C. Ellis 2004