Routine Histopathology
The majority of skin biopsises and excisions are successfully analyzed using routine histopathologic examination (H&E). Special stains and ancillary testing are ordered only by the Dermatopathologists when necessary or when requested by the clinician.
•Acid-fast Bacillus, Kinyoun’s
•Alcian blue / PAS
•Alcian Blue
•Amyloid, Congo Red
•CAE (Chloroacetate esterase)
•Colloidal Iron
•Diff-Quick Giemsa
•Elastic
•Fite, Melanin
•Fontana-Masson
•GMS, fungal
•Giemsa
•Glycogen
•Gram
•H&E
•Iron
•Masson Trichrome
•Melanin bleach
•Mucicarmine, Mucin
•Oil Red O
•PAP (Papanicolaou)
•PAS (Periodic Acid Schiff’s)
•PAS w/ diastase
•PAS-fungus
•Reticulin/Nuclear Fast Red
•Steiner
•Toluidine blue
•Warthin-Starry
•Wright-Geimsa
Immunofluorescence
•Albumin
•C3
•Fibrin
•IgA
•IgG
•IgM
•ALK-1
•BCL-2
•BCL-6
•BerEP4
•CD1a
•CD3
•CD4
•CD8
•CD20
•CD30
•CD31
•CD34
•CD45 (LCA)
•CD56
•CD61
•CD68
•CD79a
•CD117 (c-kit)
•CD138
•CD163
•Chromogranin A
•CK (Cytokeratin) AE1/AE3 (pankeratin)
•CK 5/6
•CK 7
•CK 20
•Desmin
•E. cadherin
•EMA
•Factor 13a, Xllla
•Glycophorin A
•HHV-8
•HSV-1
•HSV-2
•Mart-1, (Melan A)
•MiTF
•MLH-1
•MSH-2
•MSH-6
•MPO
•NKlC3
•p53
•p63
•Podoplanin
•S-100
•SMA, smooth muscle actin
•SMMhc
•Treponema Pallidum (Syphillis,
Spirochete)
•Tyrosinase
•Vimentin
•VZV (Varicella Zoster)
*Others available on request.
In Situ Hybridization (ISH)
•Human Papilloma Virus (HPV1, 2), High
Risk/Low Risk
Immunology/Molecular Studies
•BRAF Mutational Analysis
•B Cell gene rearrangement
•T Cell Receptor gene
rearrangement
•Flow Cytometry
**Other testing available on request or as needed
