Lab test interpretation
Stool Microscopy: Plant Fiber and Muscle Fibers
Microscopic examination of stool: identification of undigested and digested plant fiber, starch grains, and muscle fibers in a coprogram.
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
Signs of Dyserythropoiesis in Bone Marrow Aspirate
Bone marrow morphology in dyserythropoiesis: erythroid proliferation, binucleated erythroblasts, intercellular bridges, and megaloblasts in the smear.
Oncohematology
Plasmablastic Leukemia: Bone Marrow Cell Morphology
A clinical case of suspected plasmablastic leukemia in a 60-year-old female patient with anemia and thrombocytopenia. Bone marrow plasmacyte morphology and CBC data.
Lab test interpretation
Alveolar Macrophages in Native Sputum Preparations
Morphology of alveolar macrophages in native sputum preparations under microscopy: diagnostic criteria, cell clusters, and cytoplasmic inclusions.
Lab test interpretation
Mobiluncus in Vaginal Smear for Bacterial Vaginosis
Morphological features of Mobiluncus bacteria in vaginal smear microscopy. Diagnostic significance of curved rods in bacterial vaginosis.
Oncohematology
Blasts Vacuolization in Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Morphological features of blasts with cytoplasmic vacuolization in peripheral blood in acute myelomonocytic leukemia. Microscopic findings.
Oncohematology
Blast Morphology in Blood Smear: Differential Diagnosis
Morphological features of blasts: differentiation from promyelocytes and reactive lymphocytes, comparison of myeloblasts and monoblasts, changes on the scattergram.
Oncohematology
Adult T-Cell Lymphoma and Leukemia in Blood Smear
Clinical case of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: morphology of atypical lymphoid cells with flower-like nuclei in a peripheral blood smear.
Oncohematology
MDS Transformation to AML: Bone Marrow Findings
Clinical case of MDS transforming to AML: 43% blasts, pronounced clasmatosis, signs of dyserythropoiesis, and cytochemical bone marrow results.
Oncohematology
Microscopy Challenge: Cell Identification in CML
Laboratory hematology test: identify cells found in a blood smear from a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia. A microscopy challenge.
Lab test interpretation
Ammonium Urate and Oxalate Crystals in Urine Sediment
Microscopy of a child's urine sediment with neutral pH: ammonium urate crystals ("thorn apples"), calcium oxalates, and calcium carbonate.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Plasmacytosis in Multiple Myeloma
Morphology of plasma cells in bone marrow in multiple myeloma: 88% infiltration, atypical and binucleated plasma cell forms. Clinical case.