Reticulin stain

A liver biopsy stained using the reticulin demonstrating the normal hepatic plate thickness and mild steatosis.

In pathology, the reticulin stain, is a popular staining method in histology. It is used to visualize reticular fiber and used extensively in liver histo pathology.^[1]

References

↑ Lefkowitch JH. Special stains in diagnostic liver pathology. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2006 Aug-Nov;23(3-4):190-8. Review. PMID 17355092.

Microbial and histological stains

Iron/hemosiderin	Prussian blue

Lipids	Sudan stain Sudan II Sudan III Sudan IV Oil Red O Sudan Black B

Carbohydrates	Periodic acid–Schiff stain

Amyloid	Congo red

Bacteria	Gram staining Methyl violet/Gentian violet Safranin Ziehl–Neelsen stain/acid-fast Carbol fuchsin/Fuchsine Methylene blue Auramine-rhodamine stain Auramine O Rhodamine B

Connective tissue	trichrome stain: Masson's trichrome stain/Lillie's trichrome Light Green SF yellowish Biebrich scarlet Phosphomolybdic acid Fast Green FCF Van Gieson's stain

Other	H&E stain Haematoxylin Eosin Y Silver stain Grocott's methenamine silver stain Warthin–Starry stain Methyl blue Wright's stain Giemsa stain Gömöri trichrome stain Neutral red Janus Green B Alcian blue stain Movat's stain

Tissue stainability	Acidophilic Basophilic Chromophobic

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