Gallery of Histological Sections

Prepared by
ROY ELLIS
IMVS Division of Pathology
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia 5011
Email: roy.ellis@imvs.sa.gov.au
Section shows urate crystals in a gouty tophus. The section on the right is the same section under polarized light.

Result: Urate crystals are birefringent
© Roy C. Ellis 2004