Hematology
Blood Smear in B12 Deficiency Anemia: Morphology
Peripheral blood smear in suspected B12 deficiency anemia: normoblasts with dyserythropoiesis, Howell-Jolly bodies, and basophilic stippling of erythrocytes.
Articles
Blood and bone marrow morphology, clinical cases and diagnostic algorithms. Most of the library is in Russian; the English section is growing.
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Hematology
Emperipolesis in Megakaryocytes: Bone Marrow Aspirate
Morphological features of emperipolesis in megakaryocytes during bone marrow aspirate microscopy. Characteristics of the phenomenon in cytological diagnostics.
Hematology
Dual Erythrocyte Population in Iron Therapy
Blood smear morphology during iron deficiency anemia treatment: dual erythrocyte population with microcytic hypochromic and normocytic cells.
Hematology
Blood Cell Morphology: Analysis of Rare and Complex Cases
Analysis of rare diagnostic findings in blood and bone marrow smears: plasmacytes, schistocytes, erythrophagocytosis, blasts, and malaria trophozoites.
Oncohematology
Intercellular Adhesion of Blasts in Acute Leukemia
The role of integrins and membrane proteins in intercellular adhesion of blasts in acute leukemia. Features of leukemic cell aggregation in peripheral blood smears.
Lab test interpretation
Epithelial Cell Vacuolization in Gynecological Flora Smear
Clinical case of flora smear microscopy: pronounced epithelial cell vacuolization, possible causes of degenerative changes and inflammation.
Oncohematology
Leukemization of Lymphoma: Atypical Lymphocytes in Blood Smear
A case of lymphoma leukemization: pronounced leukocytosis, atypical lymphocytes with vacuolization in a blood smear, and analyzer results after thermostat incubation.
Parasitology
Canine Dirofilariasis: Microfilaria in a Blood Smear
A case report of Dirofilaria microfilaria found in a peripheral blood smear of an elderly dog. Laboratory diagnosis of dirofilariasis and microscopy.
Hematology
Binucleated Normoblast in Peripheral Blood Smear
A morphological finding: a binucleated normoblast in a peripheral blood smear. Features of erythroid precursor cells during microscopy.
Clinical cases
Cervical Cytology Smear: A Microscopy Exercise
A clinical cytology exercise: microscopy of a cervical smear from a 16-year-old patient. Test your knowledge of the morphological features of pathological cells.
Oncohematology
Monoblast and Promonocyte Morphology in AML M5a
Explore the morphology of monoblasts and promonocytes in acute myeloid leukemia (FAB M5a). Understand the role of promonocytes as blast equivalents in cell maturation arrest.
Clinical cases
Acid-Fast Mycobacteria in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Microscopic detection of acid-fast mycobacteria (AFB) in a bronchoalveolar lavage smear using Ziehl–Neelsen staining. A clinical case study.