Oncohematology
Atypical Stripped Nuclei in Lymph Node Cytology
Features of identifying stripped atypical nuclei in lymph node cytology. Differential diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma, ALCL, and metastases.
Oncohematology
Sézary Syndrome: Atypical Lymphocytes in Blood Smear
A clinical case of Sézary syndrome: erythroderma, leukocytosis, and lymphoid cells with characteristic cerebriform nuclei in a blood smear.
Hematology
Hemophagocytosis in Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
A clinical case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia with erythrocyte agglutination and erythrophagocytosis in a peripheral blood smear during acute hemolysis.
Lab test interpretation
Herpes Virus Cytopathic Effect in Cervical Smear
Morphological features of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) in cervical cytology: multinucleation, nuclear molding, and intranuclear inclusions.
Hematology
Neutrophil Hypersegmentation in Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Morphology of a hypersegmented neutrophil (pleokaryocyte) in a peripheral blood smear in vitamin B12 deficiency. May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain.
Hemostasis
EDTA-Dependent Pseudothrombocytopenia in Blood Smear
Mechanism of EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia and in vitro platelet agglutination: a clinical example of spurious thrombocytopenia in blood smear microscopy.
Laboratory methods
Flagging Band Neutrophils on Mindray BC-6800 Analyzer
Clinical case review: why the Mindray BC-6800 hematology analyzer did not flag a left shift despite 42% band neutrophils.
Clinical cases
Cervical Cytology Smear: A Microscopy Exercise
A clinical cytology exercise: microscopy of a cervical smear from a 16-year-old patient. Test your knowledge of the morphological features of pathological cells.
Hematology
Blood Cell Morphology: Analysis of Rare and Complex Cases
Analysis of rare diagnostic findings in blood and bone marrow smears: plasmacytes, schistocytes, erythrophagocytosis, blasts, and malaria trophozoites.
Hematology
Dual Erythrocyte Population in Iron Therapy
Blood smear morphology during iron deficiency anemia treatment: dual erythrocyte population with microcytic hypochromic and normocytic cells.
Hematology
Reactive Perivascular Plasma Cells in Peripheral Blood
Morphology of reactive perivascular plasma cells in a peripheral blood smear. Wright-Giemsa stain, microscopic features of plasma cell clusters.
Laboratory methods
Thyroid Hurthle Cell Neoplasm Cytology: Key Diagnostic Features
Explore the morphological criteria for Hurthle cell neoplasms in thyroid cytology, focusing on oncocyte characteristics and the malignancy risk of cytological findings.