The Shorr staining is used for hormonal cytodiagnosis only, however the differences between eosinophilia and cyanophilia are more distinct. The ratio of eosinophilic to cyanophilic cells casts light on the effects of the follicular and the corpus luteum hormones.

Shorr's solution is primarily used for hormonal cytodiagnostics of gynecology samples. During menstrual cycle hormones cause changes in vaginal epithelium, and staining smears of cytology samples using Shorr's solution enables differentiation between eosinophilic (acidophilic) and cyanophilic (basophilic) cells.

Shorr staining solution - for hormonal cytodiagnosis, is a ready-to-use staining solution that is used for human-medical cell diagnosis and serves the cytological investigation of sample material of human origin, for example cervical smears. ... The hormone situation can be evaluated with the aid of stained vaginal smears.

SHORRS STAINING SOLUTION