ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 September 1987
Page Count: 5

Histologic Detection of Fat Emboli
Davison, PR
Pathology assistant, and forensic pathologist, Blodgett Memorial Medical Center, MI

Cohle, SD
Pathology assistant, and forensic pathologist, Blodgett Memorial Medical Center, MI

(Received 3 November 1986; accepted 10 November 1986)

Abstract

We describe a procedure for detection of fat emboli in formalin fixed tissue using osmium tetroxide postfixation. Intravascular fat in tissue postfixed in osmium tetroxide, embedded in epoxy or paraffin, and stained with toluidine blue, hematoxylin, or Oil Red O is more easily visualized than in frozen tissue that is stained with Oil Red O. With these methods, fat emboli may be detected years after the initial autopsy.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, embolisms, injuries, tissues (biology)

Paper ID: JFS11190J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11190J
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