[Histonet] Re: Parathyroid stain

[Robert Richmond]

Dorothy Webb asks:

>>Does anyone use toluidine blue to stain parathyroids when they come in fresh for a frozen section? One of our pathologists heard of this and I am not familiar with it. I have heard of it with the Paragon stain, but not certain what percentage would be needed if only toluidine blue was used.<<

I'm not sure why anyone would want to do this. You could probably use
Diff-Quik II (or a generic equivalent) instead of mixing your own
toluidine blue.

If anyone wants the formula for the old Paragon stain for frozen
sections it's in our archives at:
http://www.histosearch.com/histonet/Feb00/Re.wantedifpossibleParagoA.html

Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN