Publication Type : Journal Article
Source : Indian Journal exp Biol 1991
Url : https://europepmc.org/article/med/1724442
Campus : Kochi
Year : 1991
Abstract : Mycobacterial antigens have been demonstrated immunohistochemically in the paraffin sections of 10 intracranial tuberculous granulomas and the results were compared with the detection of acid fast bacilli by conventional Ziehl-Neelsen method. In none of the 10 specimens, acid fast bacilli were demonstrated while mycobacterial antigens were characterised as diffusely staining granular brownish-pink material within the cytoplasm of giant cells and macrophages. In 14 specimens of granulomatous lesions due to non-tuberculous aetiology, immunohistochemical stains were negative for mycobacterial antigen. Thus demonstration of mycobacterial antigen will be not only useful in establishing mycobacterial aetiology of a caseating intracranial granuloma but also can be used as an alternative method to the conventional Ziehl-Neelsen method.
Cite this Research Publication : Radhakrishnan V.V, Annamma M, Radhakrishnan N.S. Rout D, Sehgal S. Immunohistochemical demonstration of mycobactrial antigens in intracranial tuberculoma. Indian J exp Biol 1991;29:641-644.