[Histonet] specialstains

[Gudrun Lang]

Hi!
Thanks for your answers.
Although I have some difficulties about the different names and abbreviations of the specialstains, I see that the most important are used all over the world.

After contacting other pathologies in Austria, I found out, that no one works with the same procedures, although the names are similar. And the pathologists are satisfied.
Are there better standards in your country? Or is it the same, that each lab "cooks its own soup"?

I made a list of the answer-stains. I made questionmarks to those, I never heard bevore. Perhaps someone is so friendly and explain the english terms to me.

greetings from Austria
Gundi
general hospital, Linz, Austria


        Synonym
     Substrat
     German
     unknown for me
     
      ABPAS
           ?
     
      Alcian blue
       acid mucopolysaccharides
     Alzianblau
       
      Auramin Rhodamine
           ?
     
      Bielshowsky
           ?
     
      Congo Red
       amyloid
     Kongorot
       
      Diazo
           ?
     
      D-PAS
     Diastase-PAS
       Diastase-PAS
       
      EVG
     Elastica-Van-Gieson
     elastic fibers
     EVG
       
      Fite's
           ?
     
      Giemsa
       blood cells, helicobacter pylori
     Giemsa
       
      GMS
     Grocott, Methenamin Silver
     fungus, pneumocystis
     Grocott
       
      Gordon and Sweets Reticulin
       reticular fibers
     Gomori (Gitterfasern)
       
      Gram
       bacteria
     Gram
       
      Gram's Twort
           ?
     
      Grimelius
             
      HVG
     hematoxylin van gieson 
           
      Iron
     Perls prussian blue
     Iron, Fe
         
      Jones's
     Methenamin Silver
     basement membrans
     Methenamin
       
      Kinyoun's
           ?
     
      Masson Fontana
       Melanin
     Masson Fontana
       
      Masson Trichrome
       connective tissue
     Masson Trichrom
       
      Movat's pentachrom
       connective tissue
         
      MSB
           ?
     
      Mucin
             
      Orcein
             
      PAS
     Perjod-acid-schiff
     glycogen, carbohydrates
     PAS
       
      PTAH
           ?
     
      Reticulum
           ?
     
      Steiner
           ?
     
      Toluidin Blue
         Toluidinblau
       
      WG
           ?
     
      ZN
     Ziehl-Neelsen /AFB
     bacteria, acid fast bacteria
     Ziehl-Neelsen
       
                

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