CSF microscopy in a 5-month-old infant with purulent meningitis: differentiating an arachnoendothelial cell from a plasmacyte using Samson's stain.
Arachnoendothelial cell (red arrow) and plasmacyte (white arrow) in cerebrospinal fluid. Boy, 5 months old, diagnosis: purulent meningitis. Samson’s stain, magnification x400.
👉 The image was kindly provided by KDL biologist Tanya Zhuleva, Regional Children’s Hospital No. 2 (ODKB 2) Voronezh.
Morphology of plasma cells in a stained cerebrospinal fluid smear from a patient after cerebellar glioblastoma resection. Romanowsky stain, x1000 magnification.
Clinical case: CSF analysis in a 56-year-old woman with prolonged fever and positive meningeal symptoms. How to characterize the cells in the counting chamber?
A clinical case of CSF analysis in severe trauma: pronounced neutrophilic pleocytosis in the Fuchs-Rosenthal chamber, positive protein tests, and cytogram.
