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**Used to differentiate brown pigments (lipofuscin, hemosiderin, melanin).<ref>URL: [http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm]. Accessed on: 5 May 2010.</ref> | **Used to differentiate brown pigments (lipofuscin, hemosiderin, melanin).<ref>URL: [http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/curriculum/VM8054/labs/Lab2/Examples/exfontana.htm]. Accessed on: 5 May 2010.</ref> | ||
**Used to document Minocycline type II drug induced pigment deposition | **Used to document Minocycline type II drug induced pigment deposition | ||
***Minocycline pigment, Type II will stain with both the Fontana-Masson stain AND the Perls iron stain <ref>Acta Dermatovenerol Croat. 2009;17(2):123-6. Minocycline-induced skin pigmentation: an update. Geria AN1, Tajirian AL, Kihiczak G, Schwartz RA.</ref> | ***Minocycline pigment, Type II will stain with both the Fontana-Masson stain AND the Perls iron stain <ref>Acta Dermatovenerol Croat. 2009;17(2):123-6. Minocycline-induced skin pigmentation: an update. Geria AN1, Tajirian AL, Kihiczak G, Schwartz RA. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19595269</ref> | ||
**Used in the differential diagnosis of hypomelanosis | **Used in the differential diagnosis of hypomelanosis | ||
***Idiopathic hypomelanosis will demonstrate ONLY loss of melanin with the Fontana-Masson stain - melanocytes will not be absent with the Melan A stain. | ***Idiopathic hypomelanosis will demonstrate ONLY loss of melanin with the Fontana-Masson stain - melanocytes will not be absent with the Melan A stain. | ||