Title: Improved Masson Trichrome Stain on Plastic-Embedded Tissue
Abstract: A modified Masson's trichrome method for use on plastic-embedded tissues is presented. The trichrome stain can be vastly improved by extending the iron hematoxylin, Biebrich scarlet-acid fuchsin, and aniline blue staining times. After rinsing in acidified water the blue-colored background can be removed by dipping in 2-butoxyethanol. This method gives good results on tissues that are embedded in glycol-methacrylate plastics which are not removed prior to staining. The effects are similar to those obtained with routine, paraffin-embedded tissue.
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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