RE: Breast Asp. Fluid
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From: | Servicio de Patolog#237#a Hospital Garrahan <patologia@garra.giga.com.ar> |
To: | Amy Self <AmyS@gmhsc.com>, "'Histonet@Pathology.swmed.edu'" <Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu> |
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Hello Amy!!
Change the fixative, donīt use 70%alcohol, put in a coplin formol 40%, only
in the top, the steamer will fix the sample.
Good luck.
Maria, Dora y Sandra
Hospital de Pediatria Garrahan
Buenos Aires
Argentina
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Self <AmyS@gmhsc.com>
To: 'Histonet@Pathology.swmed.edu' <Histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 6:33 PM
Subject: Breast Asp. Fluid
>
> Help! Does anyone out there know of a procedure for breast asp.
> fluids that will not take/wash off during staining. It seems like
everytime
> I do a cytology on breast fluid there in nothing on the slide for the
> Pathologist to read. What am I doing wrong. My fixative is 70% alcohol
> and I use postive charged slides. I spin the fluid down and pour off the
> supernatent and use the button at the bottom for my cells and still
nothing.
> Does anyone have any suggestions about anything that I could do different
> with these specimens?? Processing breast cyst fluids seems to be a
process
> for me!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
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