Akinyele O Adisa, Samuel E Udeabor, Alica Kubesch, Mike Barbeck, Shahram Ghanaati1. 1. Department of Oral, Cranio Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Medical Center of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main; REPAIR Lab, Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It is occasionally difficult to distinguish the stellate reticulum-like region of ameloblastoma from the fibrous connective tissue stroma. This difficulty is further pronounced in the plexiform variant of ameloblastoma that has very sparse fibrous connective tissue. AIM: To test the utility of Azan trichrome stain in marking tumour regions and the peri-tumour environment of ameloblastoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sections were prepared for 18 formalin fixed paraffin-embedded blocks of ameloblastoma cases and stained with Azan trichrome stain according to the manufacturer's specification. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The tumour areas were stained mostly brown, with the ameloblasts mainly marked as deep brown while the stellate reticulum-like region was light brown. The structures in the peri-tumour region were marked with different shades of blue. Azan trichrome staining was able to distinguish between the fibrous connective tissue and the stellate reticulum-like areas in 100% of the cases.
BACKGROUND: It is occasionally difficult to distinguish the stellate reticulum-like region of ameloblastoma from the fibrous connective tissue stroma. This difficulty is further pronounced in the plexiform variant of ameloblastoma that has very sparse fibrous connective tissue. AIM: To test the utility of Azan trichrome stain in marking tumour regions and the peri-tumour environment of ameloblastoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sections were prepared for 18 formalin fixed paraffin-embedded blocks of ameloblastoma cases and stained with Azan trichrome stain according to the manufacturer's specification. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The tumour areas were stained mostly brown, with the ameloblasts mainly marked as deep brown while the stellate reticulum-like region was light brown. The structures in the peri-tumour region were marked with different shades of blue. Azan trichrome staining was able to distinguish between the fibrous connective tissue and the stellate reticulum-like areas in 100% of the cases.