My first thought about calciumcrystals is solving by the chromatic acid.
I would recommend a vonKossa stain  for calcium deposits.

Regards Gudrun Lang

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Von: Akemi via Histonet [mailto:histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. August 2022 23:51
An: Histonet
Betreff: [Histonet] Absence of Crystals in stains

I received this from a pathologist friend and need your help.  Unfortunately, I 
can’t attach the images he sent me on histonet.
“I’ve got a histopuzzle for you. This is a fungus ball from a maxillary sinus. 
On the H&E, it is loaded with these birefringent crystals, which I hypothesize 
are calcium oxalate. On the GMS stain, however, the crystals are completely 
absent. 

Do you think there’s some reagent in the GMS procedure that dissolves crystals 
that would be resistant to tissue processing and the H&E stain? “

Thanks in advance!
Akemi Allison BS, HT/HTL

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