Joe "the toe" Nocito...are you out there? Joe has good ideas about nails. Maybe he will send out his procedure again.
I like using either potassium hydroxide 10-20% or Sodium hydroxide 10-20% for softening nail fragments before processing. Also, keep in mind that soft tissues attached are equally as important and sections of nail beds need to be of high quality. A melanoma under a nail can be a bad situation. Sometimes in addition to PAS or GMS stains for onychomycosis, we have done melanin and iron stains for areas of pigment or hemmorhagic depositions. Joe...are you out there? lol _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
