or signon and signoff  :)




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On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Jeff Silverman wrote:

> Hal and Netters;
> Not only is pus green, but granulocytic sarcomas or chloromas are also
> green on the gross so it must be the myeloperoxidase. Also, why don't we
> just change the subscribe and unsubscribe to "sign on" and "sign off".  Of
> course, then we'd probably get messages like "sing on" or "sign of"
> :>]. Just kidding.
> Jeff Silverman
> ----------
> > From: Hawkins, Hal <hhawkins@SBI.UTMB.EDU>
> > To: 'HistoNet Server' <HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu>
> > Subject: pus
> > Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 3:09 PM
> >
> >
> >
> > I would like to ask the group to try to clarify a question for me:
> >
> > Why is pus green?
> >
> > A medical student just called to ask me to clarify my comment
> > that membranes affected by acute inflammation, as in acute
> > chorioamnionitis, have a greenish color because of the presence
> > of myeloperoxidase.  Does development of the green color
> > require proteolysis or oxidation of a heme group, or does fixation
> > bring out the green as it does with bilirubin?  Is there a reference
> > I can cite, or is this strictly in the realm of lore?  Thanks,
> >
> > Hal Hawkins
> > UTMB Galveston
>
>