[Histonet] uric acid crystals in tissue for gout

2011-05-16 Thread Diana McCaig
Does anyone have a method for identifying uric acid crystals in gout on a tissue sample. Diana ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet

Re: [Histonet] uric acid crystals in tissue for gout

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Laurie
Here we just process starting in 70% EtOH, cut the section on a bath of 70% EtOH (watch out, it wrinkles very bad) and stain them in an Eosin only stain (which is the HE with all of the aqueous parts taken out). The pathologist looks at them with a polarizing filter. Make sure that they stay

RE: [Histonet] uric acid crystals in tissue for gout

2011-05-16 Thread Laurie Colbert
-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Diana McCaig Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 5:47 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] uric acid crystals in tissue for gout Does anyone have a method for identifying uric acid crystals

RE: [Histonet] uric acid crystals in tissue for gout

2011-05-16 Thread Rosie Scrimizzi
Scrimizzi Siemens Australia Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 11:06:51 -0700 From: laurie.colb...@huntingtonhospital.com To: dmcc...@ckha.on.ca; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] uric acid crystals in tissue for gout CC: We receive these specimens fresh and hand-process through 100