Surratt J T, Monsees B S, Mazoujian G
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Radiology. 1991 Oct;181(1):141-2. doi: 10.1148/radiology.181.1.1887023.
Calcium oxalate calcifications can be difficult to detect with routine histologic procedures. In the reported case, microcalcifications that were evident with radiography of the specimen and of the paraffin blocks could not be detected with light microscopy. Polarized light microscopy, however, revealed the calcifications to be calcium oxalate crystals. Use of polarized light microscopy may resolve radiologic-pathologic discrepancies in such cases.
草酸钙钙化可能难以通过常规组织学程序检测到。在报告的病例中,标本和石蜡块的X线摄影显示明显的微钙化在光学显微镜下却无法检测到。然而,偏振光显微镜显示这些钙化为草酸钙晶体。在这类病例中,使用偏振光显微镜可能会解决放射学与病理学之间的差异。