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From: Cindy/Rick DuBois 
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 09:58:50 -0700 (PDT)
To: ccdub@earthlink.net
Subject: Calretinin

Our docs have noticed that our Calretinin does not stain on cell blocks.
These specimens are initially received in cytolyte (alcohol based fixative),
a cell block is prepared and processed in the tissue processor with the rest
of the tissue.  
The control we are using stains positively and is a mesothelioma from the
lung (formalin fixed tissue).
Any suggestions on how to get the cell blocks to stain?  Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Cindy DuBois HT, ASCP
Delta Pathology Assoc.
Stockton, CA