title: A silver-gold impregnation technique for demonstration of striated muscle elements.
abstract: A silver-gold impregnation technique for demonstration of cross striations in skeletal muscles is presented. It is easily performed and all ingredients are chemically well characterized and easily available. The method has been successfully applied to formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded material from human muscles and can be of value in the histopathological diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcomas and other tumors of muscular origin.
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D012834:Silver; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling
chemical_list: D012834:Silver; D006046:Gold