Gömöri_trichrome_stain

Gömöri trichrome stain

Gömöri trichrome stain

Add article description

Gömöri trichrome stain is a histological stain used on muscle tissue.[2][3]

Dilated peri-tubular capillaries filled with sickled RBCs, original Gomori's trichrome stain, × 400.[1]
The "ragged red fibers" in MELAS syndrome are visible under modified Gomori stain.

It can be used to test for certain forms of mitochondrial myopathy.

It is named for George Gömöri, who developed it in 1950.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Kanodia KV, Vanikar AV, Goplani KR, et al. (2008). "Sickle cell nephropathy with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis: a case report". Diagn Pathol. 3: 9. doi:10.1186/1746-1596-3-9. PMC 2275218. PMID 18307766.
  2. [2]
    "GOMORI TRICHROME". Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  3. [3]
    "Histology Lab: GOMORI TRICHROME". Retrieved 2009-04-06.
  4. [4]
    GOMORI, G. - A rapid one-step trichrome stain. Am. J. Clin. Path. 20: 661-664, 1950.

Media related to Gömöri trichrome stain at Wikimedia Commons


Stub icon

This article related to pathology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Gömöri_trichrome_stain, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.