Oncohematology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Blasts in Peripheral Blood Smear
A clinical case of acute myeloid leukemia: 91% blasts in peripheral blood, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and myeloblast morphology in the smear.
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.
Lab test interpretation
Uric Acid Crystals in Complete Urinalysis
Morphology of uric acid crystals in urine sediment under microscopy. Features of detection and differential diagnosis of urates in complete urinalysis.
Oncohematology
Blasts in Bone Marrow Aspirate in Acute Leukemia
A clinical case of acute leukemia: 40% blasts in peripheral blood and 80% blasts in bone marrow aspirate. Morphological picture of the smear under microscopy.
Lab test interpretation
Amyloid Bodies in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Explore the morphology of amyloid bodies in urine sediment under light microscopy. Learn about their characteristic concentric layering at 40x magnification.
Lab test interpretation
Curschmann's Spirals in Sputum: COPD and Pneumonia
Microscopy of native sputum from a patient with COPD: detection of Curschmann's spirals as a sign of bronchial obstruction and mucus stagnation.
Oncohematology
Atypical Lymphoid Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear
Discovery of 31% atypical lymphoid cells with nucleoli and polymorphic nuclei in a blood smear from a patient with acute coronary syndrome: cell morphology.
Laboratory methods
Flagging Band Neutrophils on Mindray BC-6800 Analyzer
Clinical case review: why the Mindray BC-6800 hematology analyzer did not flag a left shift despite 42% band neutrophils.
Hemostasis
EDTA-Dependent Pseudothrombocytopenia in Blood Smear
Mechanism of EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia and in vitro platelet agglutination: a clinical example of spurious thrombocytopenia in blood smear microscopy.
Lab test interpretation
Yeast-Like Fungi and Mycelium in General Urine Analysis
Urine sediment microscopy: detection of pseudomycelium and budding blastospores of Candida yeast-like fungi in general urine analysis.
Lab test interpretation
Macrophages in CSF: Cytological Examination
Morphology of macrophages in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) smears. Diagnostic significance of phagocytosis, erythrophages, and siderophages in cytology.
Lab test interpretation
Sodium Monourate Crystals in Synovial Fluid
Microscopic examination of synovial fluid under polarized light: detecting sodium monourate crystals for laboratory diagnosis of gout.
Lab test interpretation
Bronchial Lavage Cytology: Neutrophils and Inflammation
Microscopic view of neutrophils in a cytological preparation of bronchial lavage fluid. Signs of an inflammatory process in the respiratory tract.