Utility of PAS and Alcian Blue Stains in Carcinoma Cervix

Authors

  • Keshav Pagrut Department of Pathology, SVNGMC Yavatmal, Maharshtra
  • Virendra Khadse Department of Pathology, SVNGMC Yavatmal, Maharshtra
  • Pratik Chide Department of Pathology, SVNGMC Yavatmal, Maharshtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v7i8.3586

Abstract

The present study utilizes stains for mucin preferably PAS and Alcian blue stains to show the classification of invasive carcinoma of uterine cervix are either squamous cell carcinoma or adenocarcinoma. One hundred representative of invasive carcinoma of cervix were undertaken for the study at pathology department of VNGMC from 2011 to 2015. The section were stained with Haematixylline and Eosin, PAS with and without diastase and alcian blue stain. The histopathological diagnosis was done before and after inclusion of mucin stain. The conventional view is that 90 to 95% of the invasive carcinomas of uterine cervix are squamous cell carcinomas and remaining are adenocarcinomas but in reality this view is incorrect as only 70% of the cervical carcinomas are purely squamous. This change is due to inclusion of mucin stain as a part of routine histopathological examination. These stains are useful in separation of adenocarcinomas into four histological variants.

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Published

2016-08-31

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 8 (2016): Aug

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Original Research Articles

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Utility of PAS and Alcian Blue Stains in Carcinoma Cervix. Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2016 Aug. 31 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];7(8):606-8. Available from: https://ssjournals.co.in/index.php/ijbr/article/view/3586