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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirrhosis_high_mag.jpg Mallory trichrome (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirrhosis_high_mag.jpg Mallory trichrome (WC)].


==HOPS stain==
==Haematoxylin orcein phyloxin saffron stain==
*The name is an acronym for... ''haematoxylin'', ''orcein'', ''phyloxin'' and ''saffron''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Perry JR, Bilbao JM, Gray T |title=Fatal basilar vasculopathy complicating bacterial meningitis |journal=Stroke |volume=23 |issue=8 |pages=1175–8 |year=1992 |pmid=1636194 |doi=}} [http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/23/8/1175.pdf Free Full Text].</ref>
*Abbreviated ''HOPS''.<ref name=pmid1636194>{{cite journal |author=Perry JR, Bilbao JM, Gray T |title=Fatal basilar vasculopathy complicating bacterial meningitis |journal=Stroke |volume=23 |issue=8 |pages=1175–8 |year=1992 |pmid=1636194 |doi=}} [http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/23/8/1175.pdf Free Full Text].</ref>
*It should ''not'' be confused with the ''[[HPS stain]]''.
*It should ''not'' be confused with the ''[[HPS stain]]''.


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*Purple - nuclear chromatin, neutrophil granules, platelets.
*Purple - nuclear chromatin, neutrophil granules, platelets.


===Field's stain===
===Field stain===
*Variant of the ''Romanowsky stain'' for rapid processing.
*Variant of the ''Romanowsky stain'' for rapid processing.
*Tends to "blow-up" cell, i.e. cells are larger vis-a-vis ''[[Pap stain]]''.
*Tends to "blow-up" cell, i.e. cells are larger vis-a-vis ''[[Pap stain]]''.
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*Often abbreviated ''Pap stain''.
*Often abbreviated ''Pap stain''.
*Can be thought of as the H&E of cytopathology.
*Can be thought of as the H&E of cytopathology.
**It is a modified H&E stain.
**It is a modified [[H&E stain]].
*Specimens are fixed in ethanol.
*Specimens are fixed in ethanol.
*Good for seeing nuclear detail.
*Good for seeing nuclear detail.
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===General===
===General===
*Used in liver biopsies.
*Used in liver biopsies.
*May be seen in Wilson's disease.
*May be seen in [[Wilson's disease]].


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==Shikata stain==
==Shikata stain==
*[[AKA]] Orcein stain for copper-protein, [[AKA]] Shikata-Cu,<ref>[http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/9836 http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/9836]. Accessed on: 24 January 2011.</ref> [[AKA]] Shikata's orcein staining.<ref>URL: [http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00313027709085239?journalCode=pat http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00313027709085239?journalCode=pat]. Accessed on: 24 January 2011.</ref>
*[[AKA]] Orcein stain for copper-protein.
*[[AKA]] Shikata-Cu,<ref>[http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/9836 http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/9836]. Accessed on: 24 January 2011.</ref>  
*[[AKA]] Shikata's orcein staining.<ref>URL: [http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00313027709085239?journalCode=pat http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00313027709085239?journalCode=pat]. Accessed on: 24 January 2011.</ref>


===General===
===General===
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