Iron in tissues is stained with which of the following stains?
Correct Answer: Prussian Blue
Description: Iron pigment appears as a coarse, golden, granular pigment lying within the cell's cytoplasm. It can be visualized in tissues by the Prussian blue histochemical reaction, in which colorless potassium ferrocyanide is conveed by iron to blue-black ferric ferrocyanide. Ref: Robbins, 8th edition, Chapter 1.
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