Re: Hale's method for colloidal iron
Diana Goodwin, HT in Trenton, New Jersey asks:
>>Does anyone have a copy of Hale's method for colloidal iron? My pathologist
has asked for it specifically, probably because it is cited in the literature
for differentiation of chromophobe RCC.<<
(Bryan Llewellyn has already posted a method as I send this.)
The fairly recently described chromophobe variant of renal cell carcinoma
(I've seen them in study slide sets, but never one on the hoof) indeed is
supposed to mark very strongly with colloidal iron. Nothing I've read
mentioned any specific technique. Apparently colloidal iron is really useful
for distinguishing this uncommon variant of a common cancer. It's called
chromophobe because it looks like the chromophobe adenoma of the anterior
pituitary.
Bob Richmond
Samurai Pathologist
Knoxville TN
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