Weigerts
Weigerts refers to a set of histological staining methods developed by the German pathologist Carl Weigert in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These stains are used in light microscopy to reveal specific tissue components, particularly elastic fibers and nuclear detail, and are commonly applied to paraffin-embedded sections as part of routine histology or pathology protocols. The term is often encountered as Weigert’s stains or as combinations bearing his name.
Weigert's iron hematoxylin is a nuclear stain that yields blue to black nuclei when performed with a
Weigert's elastic stain, also known as Weigert's resorcin-fuchsin, uses a combination of resorcin and fuchsin (often
Applications of Weigert's staining methods span educational histology and diagnostic pathology, where visualization of elastic fibers