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Diff-Quik

A proprietary histologic stain consisting of 3 dyes—triarylmethane, xanthene, and thiazine—yielding results on cytologic and pathologic specimens that are similar to that of the more time-consuming Wright-Giemsa stain.
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Two smears are made for each needle pass; 1 slide is immediately fixed in alcohol for Papanicolaou staining and the other is air-dried and stained with Diff-Quik for rapid on-site assessment by the cytopathologist.
Molecular Testing of Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Diagnosed by Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Fine-Needle Aspiration: The Cleveland Clinic Experience
Some of the tumor cells are multilobulated to multinucleated with pleomorphic, hyperchromatic nuclei (Diff-Quik stain x20).
A Rare Case of Metastatic Choriocarcinoma of Lung Origin
(a) Arborizing papillary fragments with fibrovascular cores in a granular and cystic background (Diff-Quik Stain, x200), (b) single cells with vacuolated cytoplasm (Diff-Quik stain x1000), and (c) cell block showing tumor cells with prominent cribriform configuration and eosinophilic secretions (H and E, x200).
Utility of Immunohistochemistry and ETV6 (12p13) Gene Rearrangement in Identifying Secretory Carcinoma of Salivary Gland among Previously Diagnosed Cases of Acinic Cell Carcinoma
felis was detected in Diff-Quik stained blood smears (Fig.
Short Communication - Hemato-Biochemical Analysis and Treatment Response to Enrofloxacin in Cats Affected with Feline Hemotropic Mycoplasma
A fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the bony lesions was performed, and the samples were fixed in methanol and stained with Diff-Quik for cytologic evaluation.
Polyostotic chondroblastic osteosarcoma in a kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Detailed morphological characteristics were described using Diff-Quik rapid staining.
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Fertilization Rate Does Not Depend on the Proportion of Round-headed Sperm, Small-acrosomal Sperm, or Morphologically Normal Sperm in Patients with Partial Globozoospermia
With exception of tape preparations the slides are heat fixed and stained using Diff-quik, Giemsa, Gram's or Methylene blue.
Indian ink for the diagnosis of Malassezia pachydermatis in dogs
BAL was performed, and staining with Diff-Quik (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Deerfield, IL, USA) and modified trichrome showed that the fluid samples were now positive for intracellular yeast-like forms.
Disseminated microsporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient
Photomicrograph showing highly cellular cytology smears (Diff-Quik, original magnification X100).
Extraskeletal Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma
Fine needle aspiration and impression samples from cutaneous lesions were obtained, air dried and stained with Diff-Quik, for cytologic evaluation.
Therapeutic management of cutaneous transmissible venereal tumours without genital involvement in a dog
The shell vials were incubated at 34[degrees]C and monitored daily by Diff-Quik staining (Dade International Inc., Miami, FL, USA) for rickettsiae.
Amblyomma imitator ticks as vectors of Rickettsia rickettsii, Mexico
The FNA direct smears are prepared as both air-dried and alcohol-fixed methods and are most commonly stained using Diff-Quik and/or Papanicolaou stains.
Molecular Pathology of Lung Cancer Cytology Specimens: A Concise Review

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