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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 May 10;9(6):529–534. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012391

Figure 2: Histologic and Immunohistochemical Analysis of an acute ischemic stroke clot.

Figure 2:

(A) is a gross photograph a ‘White’ clot retrieved from a patient using a mechanical thrombectomy procedure. (B) is an example of an MSB stained slide from the same clot showing the presence of Red Blood Cells (Yellow), White Blood Cells (Purple), Fibrin (Red) and Platelets/Other (Grey). (C) is an example of an immunohistochemically stained slide demonstrating the presence of Platelets in the clot (CD42b=Red). (D) is an example of an immunohistochemically stained slide demonstrating the presence of von Willebrand factor (Red).