Parasitology
Diagnostic Challenge: Identifying Objects in Stool
A parasitology clinical case: inclusions found in stool samples from a patient with anemia and dyspepsia. Identify the microscopic findings.
Lab test interpretation
Cytology Case: ThinPrep Cervical Smear Diagnosis
A diagnostic challenge in liquid-based cytology: microscopic findings of a gynecological ThinPrep smear from a 32-year-old patient. Identify the pathology.
Parasitology
Enterobius vermicularis Eggs: Microscopy in Enterobiasis
Morphology of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) eggs during microscopy of a perianal swab for enterobiasis in a child. Characteristic asymmetric eggs with larvae.
Parasitology
Morphology of Helminth Eggs in Stool Microscopy
Morphological criteria for identifying helminth eggs and protozoan cysts: Ascaris, Fasciola, Opisthorchis, Taenia, Necator, and Trichuris in microscopy.
Parasitology
Parasitology Case: Parasite in Blood and Lymph Smears
A diagnostic parasitology case: identify the parasite family from microphotographs of stained human peripheral blood and lymph smears.
Parasitology
Parasitology Exercise: Identifying a Blood Parasite
A diagnostic parasitology exercise: examine a Giemsa-stained blood smear micropreparation and identify the intraerythrocytic parasite.
Parasitology
Helminth Eggs in Coproscopy: A Comparative Atlas
Comparative morphology and sizes of trematode, cestode, and nematode eggs in copro-ovoscopy. Microphotographs of helminth eggs at a uniform scale for the laboratory.
Hematology
Diagnostic Challenge: Identifying Cells in a Blood Smear
A practical hematology exercise: identify the morphology and type of cells presented in a stained peripheral blood smear.
Hematology
Karyorrhexis and Leukocyte Apoptosis in Blood Smears
Morphological signs of leukocyte apoptosis and karyorrhexis in peripheral blood smears: differential diagnosis and causes of altered cells.
Hematology
Neutrophil Chemotaxis in Necrosis and Inflammation
The role of segmented neutrophils in inflammation and tissue necrosis: mechanisms of chemotaxis, action of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and granulocyte migration.
Hematology
Hereditary Pyropoikilocytosis: Erythrocyte Morphology
Morphological features of erythrocytes in hereditary pyropoikilocytosis: marked poikilocytosis, schistocytosis, and microcytosis in a peripheral blood smear.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Microscopy Challenge: Differentiating Sediment Objects
A clinical case in urine sediment microscopy for an elderly patient with jaundice. Evaluate the morphology of structures and identify elements at 400x magnification.