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'''Hematoxylin and eosin stain''', abbreviated '''H&E''', is the most widely used standard stain in [[pathology]].
'''Hematoxylin and eosin stain''', abbreviated '''H&E''', is the most widely used standard [[stain]] in [[pathology]].


==General==
==General==
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*Blue (hematoxylin) = nucleus.
*Blue (hematoxylin) = nucleus.
*Pink (eosin) = cytoplasm.
*Pink (eosin) = cytoplasm.
Note:
*The above is why it is said (tongue-in-cheek) that ''blue is bad and pink is dead''.


===Images===
===Images===

Latest revision as of 03:50, 14 July 2016

Hematoxylin and eosin stain
Stain in short

Hematoxylin and eosin stain of benign prostate. (WC)
Abbreviation H&E, HE
Use the standard stain in pathology
Interpretation blue (hematoxylin) = nucleus, pink (eosin) = cytoplasm

Hematoxylin and eosin stain, abbreviated H&E, is the most widely used standard stain in pathology.

General

Intepretation

  • Blue (hematoxylin) = nucleus.
  • Pink (eosin) = cytoplasm.

Note:

  • The above is why it is said (tongue-in-cheek) that blue is bad and pink is dead.

Images

See also

References

  1. Giordano, G. (2009). "Value of immunohistochemistry in uterine pathology: common and rare diagnostic dilemmas.". Pathol Res Pract 205 (10): 663-76. doi:10.1016/j.prp.2009.05.007. PMID 19523774.