Date sent:      	Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:42:51 -0600
From:           	kwalters <kwalters@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
Subject:        	fast red for collagen
To:             	histo <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>

> Hi again,
> 
> I had an investigator ask me to perform a fast red stain on some FFPE heart 
> samples to look for collagen.  I usually use a trichrome, but I do try to 
> please!  My histo book doesn't list it.  Does anybody do this?
> 
Kathy, try a van Gieson. If your solution is good, bright red collagen 
against the yellow cardiac muscle.