Liver biopsy in hereditary hemochromatosis (iron stain)

Perls' Prussian blue stain of a liver biopsy from a patient with hereditary hemochromatosis. Left panel: Low power view shows intense iron staining of hepatocytes. The blue-stained iron deposits typically start at the periphery of the liver lobule and extend centrally. Right panel: High power view shows intense iron staining (in blue) of hepatocytes.