Inst. Pathol. ,1st Med. Faculty, Charles Univ., Prague General Pathology – Seminary 1b Staining Methods Jaroslava Dušková Inst. Pathol. ,1st Med. Faculty, Charles Univ., Prague http://www1.lf1.cuni.cz/~jdusk/
Tissue Samples Fixation & Embedding FFPE Sections Staining
Cytology Samples Smears , cytocentrifugation Fixation (formalin, glutaraldehyde, air drying, freezing) Staining
Why do we stain ? to visualize structures (empiric stainings originate in textile industry) to prove presence of certain materials (e.g. Fe biochemical reactions – histochemistry) to see microorganisms (bacterioscopy, mycoses, parasites visualisation)
Immunohistochemistry detection of antigen using antibody (mostly commercially available) the antibody is coupled with a visualisation system (mostly enzymatic – e.g. diaminobenzidine DAB) – brown reaction product
Morphological Diagnostic Methods Pathological macroscopy microscopy ultrastructure IMAGING
Morphometric Investigations objectivisation & refinement of diagnostic methods staging (e.g. malignant melanoma) grading (e.g. kidney carcinoma)
List of the Demonstrated Methods Haematoxylin & Eosin v Gieson-elastics blue trichrom mucicarmine PAS Fe Kongo red oil red impregnation Warthin-Stary ( - Helicobacter) Gram Ziehl –Nielsen polychrom May-Grünwald-Giemsa