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==Stains==
==Stains==
*[[Congo red]] +ve.
*[[Congo red]] +ve.
**Positive:
**Positive:<ref name=pmid18076735>{{cite journal |author=Ebert EC, Nagar M |title=Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis |journal=Am. J. Gastroenterol. |volume=103 |issue=3 |pages=776-87 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18076735 |doi=10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01669.x |url=}}</ref>
***Orange/light red (non-polarizaed light).
***Orange/light red (non-polarizaed light).
***Apple green birefringence (polarized light).
***Apple green birefringence (polarized light).
**Negative:
**Negative:
***Blue birefringence (polarized light) = collagen fibers.<ref name=pmid21760829/>
***Blue birefringence (polarized light) = collagen fibers.<ref name=pmid21760829/>
*[[Thioflavin T stain]].<ref name=pmid18175051>{{cite journal |author=Nishi S, Alchi B, Imai N, Gejyo F |title=New advances in renal amyloidosis |journal=Clin. Exp. Nephrol. |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=93-101 |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=18175051 |doi=10.1007/s10157-007-0008-3 |url=}}</ref>
*Sodium sulphate-Alcian Blue stain +ve.<ref name=pmid55419>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pomerance | first1 = A. | last2 = Slavin | first2 = G. | last3 = McWatt | first3 = J. | title = Experience with the sodium sulphate-Alcian Blue stain for amyloid in cardiac pathology. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 29 | issue = 1 | pages = 22-6 | month = Jan | year = 1976 | doi =  | PMID = 55419 }}</ref>
*Sodium sulphate-Alcian Blue stain +ve.<ref name=pmid55419>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Pomerance | first1 = A. | last2 = Slavin | first2 = G. | last3 = McWatt | first3 = J. | title = Experience with the sodium sulphate-Alcian Blue stain for amyloid in cardiac pathology. | journal = J Clin Pathol | volume = 29 | issue = 1 | pages = 22-6 | month = Jan | year = 1976 | doi =  | PMID = 55419 }}</ref>
Stains:
*[[Congo red stain]] - red (normal light), apple-green in polarized light.<ref name=pmid18076735>{{cite journal |author=Ebert EC, Nagar M |title=Gastrointestinal manifestations of amyloidosis |journal=Am. J. Gastroenterol. |volume=103 |issue=3 |pages=776-87 |year=2008 |month=March |pmid=18076735 |doi=10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01669.x |url=}}</ref>
*[[Thioflavin T stain]].<ref name=pmid18175051>{{cite journal |author=Nishi S, Alchi B, Imai N, Gejyo F |title=New advances in renal amyloidosis |journal=Clin. Exp. Nephrol. |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=93-101 |year=2008 |month=April |pmid=18175051 |doi=10.1007/s10157-007-0008-3 |url=}}</ref>


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