Identification of Normal and Leukemic Granulocytic Cells with Merocyanine 540 |
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Authors: | Lawrence Kass |
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a Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio |
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Abstract: | After fixation in a modified Bouin's solution, the acid dye merocyanine 540 stained granules in granulocytic cells intensely. In immature granulocytes, such as promyelocytes and myelocytes, granules stained pink to violet. In some leukemic myeloblasts, promyelocytos and monocytes, granules also stained deep pink to violet. In more mature granulocytes, such as metamyelocytes, bands, and neutrophils, granules stained bright red to orange. In eosinophils and basophils, granules stained deep red. Granules of the type described were not visualized in normal plasma cells, lymphocytes, monocytes, or megakaryocytes. In normoblasts, cytoplasm stained diffusely red. Cytoplasmic staining in crythroblasts became darker as the cell matured, probably reflecting hemoglobin content. Used as a single a p t stain, merocyanine 540 may be useful in distinguishing normal and leukemic granulocytic cells from other types of blood cells. |
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