Re: Bone Marrow Trephines

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From:a i d a n s c h u r r <Aidan.Schurr@hvh.co.nz>
To:"t.hacker@har.mrc.ac.uk" <T.Hacker@har.mrc.ac.uk>, carmen.a.buttigieg@magnet.mt, histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
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My guess would be that the trephines are not being adequately 
fixed before being decalcified.  This would give the effect you 
describe.

Aidan

> Date sent:      	Mon, 29 May 2000 14:00:00 +0100
> From:           	Buttigieg Carmen at MOH <carmen.a.buttigieg@magnet.mt>
> Subject:        	Bone Marrow Trephines
> To:             	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> 
> > Dear Histonetters
> > 
> > I need your help!
> > 
> > We routinely receive bone marrow trephines which are quite boney. We usually 
> > decalcify in EDTA but sometimes the endpoint is overshot and the cellular 
> > structures are ruined. We do not have a resin set-up, we process everything to 
> > paraffin. We do not have an x-ray set-up either.
> 
> 
> Carmen,
>  I am surprised that your EDTA is giving you problems with over-
> decalcification (check your recipe). The whole point of using this 
> chelating agent is that it is gentle and controllable, ideal for 
> research but not if you are in a hurry. I have left boney tissue in 
> EDTA for 8-10 weeks with no effect on subsequent staining. When 
> I used to look at BM trephines we would bisect, half into 10%formic 
> acid in 10% sodium citrate for 24-48 hours then into paraffin, the 
> other half into resin (undecalcified).
> Terry.
>  



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