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'''Lipofuscin''' is benign pigment that can be confused for melanin. It is also known as ''age pigment'', as it as associated strongly with aging.<ref name=pmid11976186>{{cite journal |vauthors=Porta EA |title=Pigments in aging: an overview |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=959 |issue= |pages=57–65 |date=April 2002 |pmid=11976186 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x |url=}}</ref>
[[Image:Melanosis coli intermed mag.jpg|thumb|right|[[Micrograph]] showing lipofuscin in the colon; this is known as ''[[pseudomelanosis coli]]''. [[H&E stain]].]]
[[Image:Stromal lipofuscinosis of the seminal vesicle - alt -- high mag.jpg |right|thumb|[[Micrograph]] showing stromal lipofuscinosis. [[H&E stain]].]]'''Lipofuscin''' is benign pigment that can be confused for melanin. It is also known as ''age pigment'', as it as associated strongly with aging.<ref name=pmid11976186>{{cite journal |authors=Porta EA |title=Pigments in aging: an overview |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=959 |issue= |pages=57–65 |date=April 2002 |pmid=11976186 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x |url=}}</ref>


==Called "melanosis" when it is really lipofuscin==
==Called "melanosis" when it is really lipofuscin==
*Bladder lipofuscin pigmentation.<ref name=pmid31148387>{{cite journal |vauthors=Atieh M, McIntire PJ, Kilic I, Picken MM, Flanigan RC, Barkan GA, Pambuccian SE |title=Lipofuscin pigmentation (so called "melanosis") of the bladder |journal=Diagn. Cytopathol. |volume=47 |issue=9 |pages=968–971 |date=September 2019 |pmid=31148387 |doi=10.1002/dc.24204 |url=}}</ref>
*Bladder lipofuscin pigmentation.<ref name=pmid31148387>{{cite journal |authors=Atieh M, McIntire PJ, Kilic I, Picken MM, Flanigan RC, Barkan GA, Pambuccian SE |title=Lipofuscin pigmentation (so called "melanosis") of the bladder |journal=Diagn. Cytopathol. |volume=47 |issue=9 |pages=968–971 |date=September 2019 |pmid=31148387 |doi=10.1002/dc.24204 |url=}}</ref>
*[[Pseudomelanosis coli]] also known as "melanosis coli".<ref name=pmid18666316>{{cite journal |author=Freeman HJ |title="Melanosis" in the small and large intestine |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=14 |issue=27 |pages=4296-9 |year=2008 |month=July |pmid=18666316 |doi= |url=http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/4296.asp}}</ref>
*[[Pseudomelanosis coli]] also known as "melanosis coli".<ref name=pmid18666316>{{cite journal |author=Freeman HJ |title="Melanosis" in the small and large intestine |journal=World J. Gastroenterol. |volume=14 |issue=27 |pages=4296-9 |year=2008 |month=July |pmid=18666316 |doi= |url=http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/4296.asp}}</ref>


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==Stains==
==Stains==
Features:
Features:
*[[PAS stain]] +ve.<ref name=pmid11976186>{{cite journal |vauthors=Porta EA |title=Pigments in aging: an overview |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=959 |issue= |pages=57–65 |date=April 2002 |pmid=11976186 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x |url=}}</ref>
*[[PAS stain]] +ve.<ref name=pmid11976186>{{cite journal |authors=Porta EA |title=Pigments in aging: an overview |journal=Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=959 |issue= |pages=57–65 |date=April 2002 |pmid=11976186 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x |url=}}</ref>
*[[Melanin stain]] -ve.
*[[Melanin stain]] -ve.



Latest revision as of 20:23, 24 May 2020

Micrograph showing lipofuscin in the colon; this is known as pseudomelanosis coli. H&E stain.
Micrograph showing stromal lipofuscinosis. H&E stain.

Lipofuscin is benign pigment that can be confused for melanin. It is also known as age pigment, as it as associated strongly with aging.[1]

Called "melanosis" when it is really lipofuscin

Microscopic

Features:

  • Brown pigment.

DDx:

  • Melanin.
  • Iron.
  • Bile.
  • Exogenous pigment.

Stains

Features:

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Porta EA (April 2002). "Pigments in aging: an overview". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 959: 57–65. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02083.x. PMID 11976186.
  2. ↑ Atieh M, McIntire PJ, Kilic I, Picken MM, Flanigan RC, Barkan GA, Pambuccian SE (September 2019). "Lipofuscin pigmentation (so called "melanosis") of the bladder". Diagn. Cytopathol. 47 (9): 968–971. doi:10.1002/dc.24204. PMID 31148387.
  3. ↑ Freeman HJ (July 2008). ""Melanosis" in the small and large intestine". World J. Gastroenterol. 14 (27): 4296-9. PMID 18666316. http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/4296.asp.