Simple Universal Whole-Organ Resin-Embedding Protocol for Display of Anatomical Structures.

ABSTRACT: Whole-organ plastic resin casting is a very useful method for preserving rare pathological specimens for forensic/anatomical studies and for teaching/research purposes. Many techniques have been proposed over time, but most of them use special non-commercially available resin mixtures, lengthy protocols, and are overall not easily implemented in any anatomy/pathology department that might need such a procedure for rapid organ preservation. Here, we utilized anatomical sections of the human brain, heart, kidneys, spleen, large intestine, and lungs from on-display organs that were fixed for more than 1 year in 10% neutral-buffered formalin and from a freshly processed cadaver for teaching purposes in our Human Anatomy Department, and we optimized a fast-processing protocol without the use of

SUBMITTER: Pirici I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10216347 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature