Gordon and Sweet’s Reticulin Stain

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  • Schedule Monday - Friday
  • Turn Around Time Within 1-2 business days of receipt
  • Methodology Special Stains

Specimen Requirements

Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue block or cell block, or 1 unstained charged slide for each test requested plus 3-4 additional unstained slides cut at 4 microns. Adequate space on each slide for control tissue is required.

Diagnostic Utility

This silver staining method is used to demonstrate reticular fiber and is used extensively in liver histopathology.