Parasitology
Trichomonas Vaginalis in Vaginal Smear with Methylene Blue Stain
Microscopic view of Trichomonas vaginalis in a vaginal smear stained with methylene blue: morphology of protozoa and leukocyte reaction.
Articles
Blood and bone marrow morphology, clinical cases and diagnostic algorithms. Most of the library is in Russian; the English section is growing.
Most of our material is written in Russian — that is the working language of the community. A few pieces exist in English; the rest of the library is one click away and the photographs need no translation.
Oncohematology
Anisocytosis of Platelets and Erythrocytes in Myelofibrosis
Blood morphology features in myelofibrosis: giant platelets, pronounced poikilocytosis and anisocytosis of erythrocytes, and Howell-Jolly bodies in the smear.
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.
Oncohematology
Plasmacytic Leukemia: Plasma Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear
25% plasma cells found in a peripheral blood smear from a 79-year-old male. Morphological features of atypical plasma cells in plasmacytic leukemia.
Parasitology
Morphology and Sporulation of Cystoisospora Oocysts in Cats
Microscopy of feline Cystoisospora coccidia oocysts: sporulation stages in a Petri dish, morphology of unsporulated and mature forms with two sporocysts.
Lab test interpretation
Fern Sign: Crystallization Test in Pregnancy Diagnostics
Microscopy of a vaginal smear: the phenomenon of cervical mucus crystallization in the form of fern leaves for diagnosing premature rupture of membranes.
Lab test interpretation
Curshmann's Spirals in Native Sputum Smear: A Case Study
A clinical case of Curshmann's spirals found in a native sputum smear from an 80-year-old patient with chronic bronchitis: microscopy and macroscopic view.
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.
Oncohematology
Giant Platelets in Secondary Myelofibrosis
A clinical case of a 72-year-old female patient with essential thrombocythemia and secondary myelofibrosis: giant platelets and anisopoikilocytosis in a blood smear.
Parasitology
Parasitology Exercise: Identifying a Blood Parasite
A diagnostic parasitology exercise: examine a Giemsa-stained blood smear micropreparation and identify the intraerythrocytic parasite.
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.
Hematology
Promyelocyte Morphology in Peripheral Blood Smear
Microscopic features of promyelocytes in a blood smear: characteristic nuclear structure, perinuclear zone, and abundant primary azurophilic granulation.