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 ==Papanicolaou stain==
 *Abbreviated ''Pap stain''.
-*Can be thought of as the [[H&E stain|H&E]] of [[cytopathology]].
+{{Main|Papanicolaou stain}}
-**It is a modified [[H&E stain]].
-*Specimens are fixed in ethanol.
-*Good for seeing nuclear detail.
-*Out-of-focus cytoplasm is translucent; allows one to focus overlapped cells in different planes.
-===Use===
-*Cytopathology.
-===Interpretation===
-*Blue/purple = nucleus.
-*Green/pink = cytoplasm.
-*Orange = keratin.
-====Image====
-<gallery>
-Image:Urine_citology_urothelial_carcinoma_2.jpg | Pap stain - [[urine cytology]] (WC)
-</gallery>
 ==Fontana-Masson stain==