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A mysterious malady: the Malachowski-Wright-Giemsa stain to the rescue. Biotech Histochem 2011 Apr;86(2):76-81

Date

03/15/2011

Pubmed ID

21395492

DOI

10.3109/10520295.2010.515495

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-79952656839 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   1 Citation

Abstract

A patient entered hospital with a puzzling absolute monocytosis. Admitting blood smears had been stained with Diff-Quik, a Romanowsky stain. When additional smears were stained using a standard Malachowski-Wright-Giemsa method, the reason for the monocytosis became abundantly clear.

Author List

Ward PC, Glassy EF, Kroft SH, Krafts KP

Author

Steven Howard Kroft MD Chair, Professor in the Pathology department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Azure Stains
Bone Marrow
Eosine Yellowish-(YS)
Female
Humans
Immunophenotyping
Leukemia, Mast-Cell
Methylene Blue
Middle Aged
Staining and Labeling
Xanthenes