Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy Challenge: Cell Identification
A diagnostic challenge in urine sediment microscopy: identify cellular structures and clusters in a stained preparation. Test your analytical skills.
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.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Inclusions: Types, Morphology, and Causes
An analysis of erythrocyte inclusion morphology: Howell-Jolly bodies, Heinz bodies, Pappenheimer bodies, Cabot rings, and basophilic stippling in various anemias.
Oncohematology
Multiple Myeloma: Plasma Cells in Myelogram
A clinical case of multiple myeloma: bone destruction, rouleaux formation, and up to 18% plasma cells in a bone marrow smear.
Hematology
Severe Anemia: Erythrocyte Morphology in Blood Smear
A clinical case of severe anemia (Hb 35 g/L): marked hypochromia, anisopoikilocytosis, basophilic stippling, Howell-Jolly bodies, and neutrophil hypersegmentation.
Lab test interpretation
Stool Microscopy: Iodophilic Flora and Fungal Mycelium
Stool microscopy with Lugol's solution and methylene blue: differential diagnosis of rod-shaped bacteria, iodophilic flora, and fungal mycelium.
Hematology
Severe Hypochromic Microcytic Anemia in Blood Smear
A clinical case of severe anemia (Hb 44 g/L) featuring microcytosis, anulocytes, dacryocytes, poikilocytosis, reactive thrombocytosis, and analyzer printout.
Hematology
Internuclear Chromatin Bridge in Normoblasts on a Blood Smear
Clinical case: an internuclear chromatin bridge between normoblasts in the peripheral blood of an ICU patient with multiple organ failure.
Oncohematology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Blood Picture and Blasts in Smear
A clinical case of acute myeloid leukemia: 33% blastemia, severe thrombocytopenia, a bimodal RBC histogram, and blast morphology in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Dyserythropoiesis Morphology in MDS
Bone marrow aspirate cytology in myelodysplastic syndrome: signs of dyserythropoiesis, binucleated erythroblasts, and megaloblastoid nuclei.
Hematology
Basophilic Stippling of Erythrocytes in Blood Smear
Morphology of erythrocytes with basophilic stippling in a peripheral blood smear: causes and clinical significance in anemias.
Parasitology
Morphology of Trichomonas vaginalis in Urogenital Smear
Microscopic features of urogenital trichomoniasis. Specific morphological characteristics of Trichomonas vaginalis trophozoites stained with Romanowsky-Giemsa.
Lab test interpretation
Potato Cell with Starch Grains in Coprogram
Microscopic stool examination: morphology of a digestible potato plant cell with starch grain inclusions during coprological analysis.