Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 29

Describe and interpret the microscopic results that are seen when a specimen from a patient with steatorrhea is stained with Sudan III.

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Steatorrhea:

Increases in the fecal fat are called steatorrhea. To detect the fecal fat microscopic examination is performed on feces.

The followings are the lipids, which are included to perform microscopic examination:

• Neutral fats also called as triglycerides

• Fatty acid salts

• Fatty acids

• Cholesterol

The above lipids can be viewed when staining the feces with the following dyes,

• Sudan III

• Sudan IV

• Oil red O

• Generally Sudan III is widely used