Open AccessThe utility of azan trichrome staining in Ameloblastoma
Author(s) -
Akinyele Olumuyiwa Adisa,
Samuel Ebele Udeabor,
Alica Kubesch,
Mike Barbeck,
Shahram Ghanaati
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/1117-1936.180187
Subject(s) - trichrome , masson's trichrome stain , trichrome stain , connective tissue , ameloblastoma , pathology , medicine , staining , stain , h&e stain , anatomy , immunohistochemistry , maxilla
It is occasionally difficult to distinguish the stellate reticulum-like region of ameloblastoma from the fibrous connective tissue stroma. This difficulty is further pronounced in the plexiform variant of ameloblastoma that has very sparse fibrous connective tissue.