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**Sarcomas have reticulin around ''each'' cell. | **Sarcomas have reticulin around ''each'' cell. | ||
**Carcinomas have reticulin around clusters of cells. | **Carcinomas have reticulin around clusters of cells. | ||
*Commonly used in neuropathology. | |||
** In adenoma, reticulin highlights the lost acinar structure of normal pituitary gland. | |||
** Paraganglioma (Zellballen architecture) | |||
** Separating schwannoma (basement membrane around each cell) from meingioma in cerebellopontine angle. | |||
** Separating desmoplastic medulloblastoma from classic/anaplastic forms. | |||
===Interpretation=== | ===Interpretation=== | ||
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Image:Liver_reticulin.jpg | [[Liver]]. Reticulin stain. (WC) | Image:Liver_reticulin.jpg | [[Liver]]. Reticulin stain. (WC) | ||
Image:Hepatic_adenoma_high_mag_reticulin.jpg | [[Hepatic adenoma]]. Reticulin stain. (WC) | Image:Hepatic_adenoma_high_mag_reticulin.jpg | [[Hepatic adenoma]]. Reticulin stain. (WC) | ||
File:Zellballen paraganglioma.jpg | Reticulin stain highlighting the "Zellballen" architecture of paraganglioma. (WC/jensflorian) | |||
File:Desmoplastic medulloblastoma reticulin stain pale island.jpg | Reticulin staina round the "pale islands" of a desmoplastic medulloblastoma. (WC/jensflorian) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||