AW: [Histonet] Staining vs. paraffin wax problems

[Jaime Plata]

Very good, Gudrun I agree with you.
I have a seen this crack also on the blocks after embedding them on the cooling stage, and you separate the cassette from the mold.  On the tissue and the paraffin, you will see this type of cracking description that you mentioned.  In this case I will describe it as Ice (paraffin)-warming crack. Please correct me if I am wrong. This term that I used is some type of global warming reaction phenomenon in paraffin.

--- On Sat, 3/28/09, Gudrun Lang <gu.lang <@t> gmx.at> wrote:

From: Gudrun Lang <gu.lang <@t> gmx.at>
Subject: AW: [Histonet] Staining vs. paraffin wax problems
To: "'Jason Mcgough'" <jmcgough <@t> clinlab.com>
Cc: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 4:56 AM

Does this look like desert-earth cracks? If yes, this could be a matter of.
Water under the edges after sectioning and half-drying. Do you find the?
Artefacts in the lower part of your sections related to the drying-direction.
(upright)?
The section dries and sticks from the outer paraffin-limits to the center.
When the rest of the section sits down and shrinks, it could happen that it.
tears. (Seen as a water-filled blister.)
Be sure, that the water is thrown out before drying, and dry vertically.
The other possibility is a too hot waterbath. The sections expand too much,
But I think this would be seen all over the section.
This can also be seen, if the paraffin infiltration wasn't sufficient.
I hope my English is good enough to explain my thoughts.
Gudrun
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We are experiencing difficulties with our H&E staining and other Special
Stains. After the slides are stained the edges of the tissue look.
fragmented/chattered. Our pathologists also thought the sections looked like.
They might be too thick, but we checked all of our microtomes for thickness.
Settings and all are set at 4 micrometers. There seems to be several.
Blotches of light staining throughout the tissue. This seems to be only on.
Our small biopsies. We use McCormick Paraplast Extra for paraffin wax.
Another bit information is that we recycle all of our xylene.
Is this a deparaffinization, processing, or a staining issue? Any help is.
appreciated.
Jason Mcgough HT(ASCP)
Account Representative - Anatomic Pathology
Clinical Laboratory of the Black Hills
2805 5th Street Suite 210
Rapid City, SD 57701
605-343-2267 Ext 127
605-718-3779 (Fax)
jmcgough <@t> clinlab.com
 
 
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