title: The alcohol-fixed Diff-Quik stain. A novel rapid stain for the immediate interpretation of fine needle aspiration specimens.
abstract: A rapid alcohol-fixed Diff-Quik stain is described. The technique takes less than five minutes and results in excellent cytologic detail, comparable to that with Papanicolaou stain, as well as superb stromal definition. The stain should be very useful to pathologists and cytotechnologists for immediate interpretation of fine needle aspiration specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Medical Center, Los Angeles 90024-1732.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hirschowitz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mandell
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Nieberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D001399:Azure Stains; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D000431:Ethanol; D005404:Fixatives; D006801:Humans; D008751:Methylene Blue; D014966:Xanthenes
chemical_list: D001399:Azure Stains; C067461:Diff Quik; D005404:Fixatives; D014966:Xanthenes; D000431:Ethanol; D008751:Methylene Blue