Hematology
Large Granular Lymphocyte in Blood Smear
Morphology of a large granular lymphocyte in mycoplasma infection: cytotoxic granules moving into a cytoplasmic protrusion in a blood 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.
Parasitology
Parasitology Case: Identifying Larva in Stool Sample
Clinical parasitology case: identify the parasite species from a microphotograph of a 60 µm egg with an emerging larva in a native stool sample from a child.
Oncohematology
Suspected Leukemia in a Dog: Peripheral Blood Smear
A clinical case of marked leukocytosis and anemia in a dog: hematology analyzer data and cell morphology in a peripheral blood smear.
Parasitology
Microscopy of Enterobius vermicularis: Eggs and Larval Emergence
Microscopic identification features of Enterobius vermicularis eggs in enterobiasis: shell morphology and a rare shot of a pinworm larva emerging from an egg.
Oncohematology
Blast vs. Lymphocyte: Morphology in Blood Smear
Criteria for differential diagnosis of blast cells and mature lymphocytes in a blood smear: chromatin structure, nucleoli, and cytoplasm for clinical laboratory diagnostics specialists.
Hematology
Erythroblast Count in Blood Smear: A Hematology Exercise
An interactive exercise on blood cell morphology: determine the number of nucleated erythrocyte precursors (erythroblasts) in the provided gallery.
Lab test interpretation
Differential Diagnosis of Cells in Sputum Smear
Clinical case: differentiation of cells in native sputum and sputum smear from a 45-year-old female patient with a focus in the right lung. Romanowsky stain.
Parasitology
Trichuris trichiura Eggs in Stool Sample
Microscopic identification of Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) eggs in stool: characteristic barrel shape with polar plugs in trichocephalosis.
Hematology
May-Hegglin Anomaly in Peripheral Blood Smear
Morphological features of May-Hegglin anomaly in a child's blood smear: giant platelets and Döhle body-like inclusions in neutrophil cytoplasm.
Parasitology
Protozoa Morphology in Stool with Trichrome Stain
Atlas for microscopic diagnosis of protozoa in stool using trichrome stain: Entamoeba amoebae, Giardia, Blastocystis, Dientamoeba, and Chilomastix.
Hematology
Hematology Exercise: Reactive Lymphocytes in Blood Smear
A practical exercise in leukocyte morphology: identify which numbered cell in the peripheral blood smear is not a reactive lymphocyte.
Hematology
Silicone Lymphadenitis: Lymph Node Puncture Cytology
Cytological signs of silicone lymphadenitis: accumulation of macrophages with numerous optically empty vacuoles in a lymph node aspirate.