Value of histochemical reactions for mucosubstances in the diagnosis of certain pathological conditions of the colon and rectum.

Abstract

The histopathologist quite often faces diagnostic problems such as the recognition of early stages of disease, borderline cases, and morphologically atypical pictures which are not always solved by the usual laboratory techniques. Recent histochemical periodate oxidation (Spicer, 1965) and strong methylation (four hours at 60C) followed by high iron diamine- alcian blue method. 577