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SPECIAL STAINS
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- Class One Stains
Kinyoun’s AFB – acid fast bacilli
Alcian Blue – demonstrates acid mucopolysaccharides
Congo Red – amyloid
Giemsa – h.pylori
PAS
/AB – differentiate between neutral & acidic mucosubstances
PAS
w/digestion – demonstrates glycogen in tissue
PAS
w/o digestion – demonstrates polysaccharides, neutral mucosubstances & basement membranes
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Masson’s Trichrome – differentiate between collagen & smooth muscle
Verhoeff’s - elastic
Colloidal Iron – colloidal iron
Oil Red O – fat – frozen tissue only
Toluidine Blue – mast cells
Prussian Blue – ferric ironGram – gram + and gram -
Luxol Fast Blue - myelin sheath
Mayer’s Mucicarmine – epithelial mucin
Saffron O – detection of cartilage
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IHC is available, please call the lab and speak with Jackie. Email: jsmith@amllabs.com or call us at
410-866-1200
All other special stains performed upon request
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Class Two Stains
Sevier-Munger – argyrophil cells
Grocott’s Methenamine Silver (GMS) – fungus
Von Kossa’s – calcium
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DNA
Slide Preparation
There is an additional charge for handling
DNA
projects, a new blade is used for each block to eliminate any cross contamination. The charge is $3.00 per blade
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Immunohistochemistry
At
AML
Labs we use the ABC (avidin-biotin complex) method of IHC staining. We found that this method had low background and is reported to be up to 40X more sensitive than that of other methods.
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Frozen Sections
We accept the frozen tissues samples mounted OCT and properly labeled with the specimen identification. Please call
AML
for mounting instructions. The tissue samples are then sent to
AML
Labs on dry ice priority overnight.
We purchase the molds and OCT from American Master Tech Scientific: www.americanmastertech.com
This link will take you to Disposable Molds at American Master Tech and this link is the OCT
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