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 of Liver in a case of genetic haemachromtosis. A - section stained haematoxtlin and eosin contains an abundant brown pigment. B - section stained by Perl's reaction clearly demonstrates the pigment as haemosiderin.

           A                                                                                    B
Result: Hemosiderin stains blue/black
© Roy C. Ellis 2004