Description
Oil Red O staining may be used to differentiate normal or abnormal fatty tissue. Oil red O staining is used to analyze parathyroid glands containing acini and lipid vacuoles. It can also be used to detect a tumor differentiation, like a liposarcome.
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References
1. Bancroft J, Stevens A, Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques, 2nd Ed, 1982, pp201-202, Churchill-Livingstone, NY Carson F, Histotechnology A Self-Instructional Text, 1990, 1st Ed, pp124- 125, ASCP, Ill Crookham,J, Dapson,R, Hazardous Chemicls in the Histopathology Laboratory, 2nd ED, 1991, Anatech.
2.Theory and Practice of Histotechnological Techniques, 4th ed., JD Bancroft & A Stevens, eds., Churchill Livingstone, New York (NY), 1996.