Clinical cases
Vaginal Smear in a 17-Year-Old Patient: Microscopy Description
Clinical exercise in microscopy: vaginal smear from point V in a 17-year-old girl. Evaluate the cellular composition and propose a description.
Lab test interpretation
Differential Diagnosis of Transudates and Exudates
Criteria for differential diagnosis of transudates and exudates: density, protein, Rivalta test, LDH activity, cholesterol, and cytological composition of effusions.
Parasitology
Taeniidae Oncospheres: Differential Diagnosis of Eggs
Morphological features of Taeniidae family oncospheres, their differences from Hymenolepis diminuta eggs, and classification of clinically significant tapeworm species.
Parasitology
Parasitology Exercise: Identify Taeniid Oncosphere
A practical exercise in laboratory diagnosis of helminthiasis: identify which numbered object on the micrograph represents a taeniid oncosphere.
Oncohematology
Leukemias Under the Microscope: Blast Morphology
Microscopic features of blast cells in various types of leukemias. Examples of blood and bone marrow smears with blasts.
Hematology
Bone Marrow Cytology in Hepatosplenomegaly: A Case
Clinical case: An 8-year-old boy with hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspirate shows altered macrophages. Determine the diagnosis.
Lab test interpretation
Decoy Cells in Urine Sediment Cytology with Polyomavirus
Morphological features of decoy cells in urine sediment: intranuclear viral inclusions, differential diagnosis with urothelial carcinoma.
Hematology
Osteoblast Morphology in Bone Marrow Smears
Cytological features of osteoblasts in bone marrow aspirates: morphology of large cells with eccentric nuclei and differentiation from plasma cells.
Lab test interpretation
Urinalysis Case: Sediment Elements at pH 8.5
A clinical case on urine sediment microscopy in a male patient: pH 8.5, crystalluria. Identify the morphology and nature of sediment elements.
Parasitology
Morphology of Ancylostoma spp. Eggs in Dog Feces
Microscopic detection of Ancylostoma spp. nematode eggs in a dog stool sample: characteristic oval shape, thin shell, and blastomere cleavage.
Lab test interpretation
Crystals in Urine Sediment: Morphology and Types of Salts
Atlas of salts in urine sediment: morphology of triple phosphates, calcium oxalates, ammonium biurate, bilirubin, and uric acid under microscopy.
Lab test interpretation
Microscopy of Flora Smear: Differential Diagnosis of Trichomonads
Diagnostic exercise on microscopy of vaginal flora smear. Determine whether trichomonads or other cellular elements are present in the sample.