Open AccessComparison of modified ultrafast Papanicolaou stain with the standard rapid Papanicolaou stain in cytology of various organs
Author(s) -
Priyanka Choudhary,
S Sudhamani,
Ajita Pandit,
VM Kiri
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.103942
Subject(s) - papanicolaou stain , stain , medicine , staining , h&e stain , pathology , cytology , lymph node , cancer , cervical cancer
Since the first introduction of Papanicolaou (Pap) stain in 1942 there have been many modifications. Of these, the Ultra-Fast Pap stain has become popular. This technique was further modified in India as many of the reagents were not available in our country. Our study was conducted by adapting this modified staining technique which involves the replacement of Gill's hematoxylin with Harris hematoxylin.