This research presents the unusual staining characteristic of teleosts red blood cells–the common bluestripe snapper Lutjanus kasmira, caught at Toc Tan (Allison) Reef, Truong Sa Archipelago, Vietnam, due to side effects delayed procedure. In addition quantitative data measured, results microscopic image showed that, on slides performed with Romanovsky procedure using Giemsa dye, cell "nucleus"...

We assessed the utility of using a p63/a-methylacyl-coenzyme-A racemase (AMACR) antibody cocktail on destained H&E-stained sections. We transferred 61 stored (7-11 months old) and 10 recent (<1 month old) H&E-stained sections of prostate needle biopsy tissues to charged slides and subsequently stained them with a p63/AMACR immunohistochemical antibody cocktail. The AMACR and p63 staining intens...

Enterobius vermicularis is a nematod of large intestine in man. Extra intestinal localization of this parasite is rare. A 60 year old man was admitted to the hospital with the clinical manifestation of meningitis. In laboratory examination of cerebrospinal fluid (C.S.F), the appearance was red, Albu-min level was high and the glucose showed normal value. Haematoxylin and Eosin stained slides pr...

Objective—To evaluate whether the DiV Quik (DQ) staining method might prove useful in identifying monosodium urate (MSU) and calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals on permanent mounted stained slides. Methods—27 synovial fluid (SF) samples obtained from the knees of 21 patients with acute CPPD disease and 6 with acute gout were studied. Wet analysis for crystal detection and identifica...

The present study describes the changes in expression of hydroxy- carboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCA2 receptor) in femoral epiphysis and metaphysis of rats with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIO). 16 growing male Sprauge dawley rats were randomly divided into two equal groups consisting of normal control and rats that were rendered osteoporotic by receiving 0.1 mg/kg/day dexamethasone throu...

OBJECTIVE To report the findings of a second external quality assessment of Giemsa-stained blood film microscopy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, performed one year after the first. METHODS A panel of four slides was delivered to diagnostic laboratories in all provinces of the country. The slides contained: (i) Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes; (ii) P. falciparum trophozoites (refere...

We report the clinical trial studies for the ThinPrep Imaging System (TIS; Cytyc, Boxborough, MA). Between December 2000 and July 2001, 10,742 ThinPrep specimens were collected at 4 US clinical sites representative of the normal clinical population of the laboratories, including screening patients and referred patients. After nonstudy screening diagnoses were completed, the vials were relabeled...

Boveri's visionary monograph 'Ueber die Natur der Centrosomen' (On the nature of centrosomes) in 1900 was founded primarily on microscopic observations of cleaving eggs of sea urchins and the roundworm parasite Ascaris. As Boveri wrote in the introductory paragraph, his interests were less about morphological aspects of centrosomes, but rather aimed at an understanding of their physiological ro...

Aim: Endomyocardial biopsies form the golden standard in diagnosing (borderline) lymphocytic myocarditis ((B)LM) in living patients. Herein immunohistochemistry (IH) is mandatory. Diagnosing (B)-LM in autopsy hearts however is less defined. In this study we performed immunohistochemical stainings of heart slides in a cohort of consecutive adult autopsies that were evaluated subsequently with th...