Have you tried gall bladder? And some times livers that are diseased have it. They always look green. Just a thought. Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 20, 2011, at 3:45 PM, "Thurby, Christina" <christina.thu...@bms.com> wrote: > Hello All, > I have a few questions about Bile Stain control tissue: First - does anyone > have or know of any good sources where I can purchase a couple of positive > control blocks demonstrating bile in the tissue? I have some purchased > control slides - but they appear to be from 'bile sludge' prepared to block. > This is a nice emerald green when stained with the Hall's method, but our > pathologists would like to see positive bile demonstrated in the tissue > elements. Carson's newest book has a very nice image. > > Next question: Carson's procedure for the Hall's bile stain describes the > positive elements as a emerald green to drab olive in color. We have a case > that appears to be positive but the Hall's stain is kind of a camouflage > brownish/drab olive green. Is there a chance we're doing something wrong > with this procedure? Our purchased 'bile sludge' control slides are a nice > emerald green. We also ran the Stein's method - this was completely > negative (even on the purchased controls). Any thoughts and/or feedback is > appreciated! > Thanks! > Kristie > > Christina Thurby, MLT(ASCP), HT, QIHC > Research Scientist I > Bristol Myers Squibb > 812-307-2093 > > > > > ________________________________ > This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential, > proprietary, privileged and/or private information. The information is > intended to be for the use of the individual or entity designated above. If > you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender > immediately, and delete the message and any attachments. Any disclosure, > reproduction, distribution or other use of this message or any attachments by > an individual or entity other than the intended recipient is prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
