Histopathology Artifacts Quiz

 

 

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

 


ARTEFACTS IN HISTOLOGICAL PREPARATIONS
There are 30 cases sourced mainly from:
"Laboratory Histopathology: A Complete Reference".
Edited by Woods and Ellis and published by Churchill Livingstone.

  • CASE NUMBER 1
    Paraffin section stained Haematoxylin and Eosin of unnamed tissue

  • CASE NUMBER 2
    Paraffin section of bowel tumour stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 3
    Paraffin section of the capsule of spleen stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 4
    Paraffin section of unnamed tissue stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 5
    Paraffin section of lymph node stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 6
    Paraffin section of skin stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 7
    Paraffin section of liver stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 8
    Paraffin section of skin stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 9
    Paraffin section of cardiac muscle stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 10
    Paraffin section of liver stained PAS

  • CASE NUMBER 11
    Paraffin section of brain stem stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 12
    Paraffin section of oral cyst stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 13
    Paraffin section of spleen stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 14
    Paraffin section of trephine stained by Gordon and Sweets reticulin stain

  • CASE NUMBER 15
    Paraffin section of rodent liver stained by Gordon and Sweets reticulin stain.

  • CASE NUMBER 16
    Paraffin section of lymph node stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 17
    Paraffin section of unnamed section stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 18
    Resin section of kidney stained PAS

  • CASE NUMBER 19
    Paraffin section of skin stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 20
    Paraffin section of liver stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 21
    Paraffin section of unnamed tissue stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 22
    Frozen section of skeletal muscle stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 23
    Resin section of undecalcified bone stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 24
    Paraffin section of decalcified bone stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 25
    Paraffin section from a renal biopsy stained for IgA

  • CASE NUMBER 26
    Paraffin section of heart muscle stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 27
    Paraffin section of brain stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 28
    There are no clues here except that it is a section of unnamed tissue stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

  • CASE NUMBER 29
    Unidentified tissue stained by Gram Stain

  • CASE NUMBER 30
    A section of appendix stained Haematoxylin and Eosin

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank the following people for contributing slides towards this quiz:
Geoff Rolls
Senior Lecturer in Histopathology, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Neville Farmer
Manager, Anatomical Pathology, Dorevich Pathology, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.
John Hall
Senior Scientist, Anatomical Pathology Unit, Alfred Hospital. Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Assoc. Professor Anthony Woods
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University Of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.

 

© Roy C. Ellis 2004. No part may be reproduced without explicit written permission.