Stains & molecular markers
Trichrome
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Trichrome
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 June 2005
Minor changes: 8 March 2021
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PubMed Search: Trichrome[title]
Cite this page: Pernick N. Trichrome. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainstrichrome.html. Accessed April 15th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Stains collagen blue
- Phosphotungstic or phosphomolybdic acid is used with anionic dyes
Terminology
- Martius scarlet blue trichrome: method for staining of elastica, connective tissue in general, fibrin; stains for fresh (orange-yellow), mature (red) or old (blue) fibrin
- PTAH: variant of trichrome stain; demonstrates intracytoplasmic filaments in muscle and glial cells
Microscopic (histologic) images
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