Lab test interpretation
Macrophages in Synovial Fluid in Reactive Arthritis
Microscopic examination of synovial fluid in reactive arthritis: macrophage phagocytosis of neutrophils, diagnostic significance, and causes of inflammation.
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.
Oncohematology
Flaming Plasma Cells in Bone Marrow: A Clinical Case
A clinical case of flaming plasma cells in bone marrow with severe anemia and no monoclonal M-gradient, presenting a diagnostic challenge.
Parasitology
Entamoeba coli Cysts: Morphology and Distinguishing Features
Criteria for identifying Entamoeba coli cysts by microscopy: size, more than four nuclei, eccentric karyosome, and splinter-shaped chromatoid bodies.
Clinical cases
Parakeratosis in Cervical Cytology Smear
Cytological features of parakeratosis in cervical leukoplakia: squamous epithelial cell morphology, NILM criteria, and microscopic characteristics.
Oncohematology
Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
A 57-year-old female patient with BPDCN: morphology of blastoid cells in blood and bone marrow smears, features of CD4, CD56, CD123 immunophenotyping.
Clinical cases
Cutaneous Cryptococcosis: Differential Diagnosis with Leishmaniasis
A clinical case of Cryptococcus neoformans detection when cutaneous leishmaniasis was suspected. Morphology of yeast-like cells in a cytological smear from a wound.
Hematology
Evans Syndrome: Hemolytic Anemia Blood Smear Morphology
Blood smear morphology in Evans Syndrome: severe hemolysis, polychromasia, basophilic stippling, Howell-Jolly bodies, and normoblasts in peripheral blood.
Parasitology
Cuterebrosis: Cytological Features of Cuterebra Larvae
Cytological signs of myiasis caused by Cuterebra larvae: detection of cellular debris and spiral-tubular structures of the larval tracheal system.
Lab test interpretation
Pathological Cerebrospinal Fluid Syndromes: Differential Diagnosis
Laboratory signs of serous, hemorrhagic, and purulent CSF syndromes: physical properties of CSF, protein, glucose, and cytosis levels in meningitis and TBI.
Lab test interpretation
Tzanck Smear in Herpetic Stomatitis: Cytology
Cytological features of a Tzanck smear in herpetic stomatitis: detection of multinucleated epithelial giant cells of herpes simplex virus.
Lab test interpretation
Synovial Fluid Cytology: Synoviocyte and Lymphocyte
Morphological features of a synoviocyte and a small lymphocyte against a background of erythrocytes during cytological examination of synovial fluid.
Laboratory methods
Left Shift in Leukocyte Formula on Hematology Analyzer
How a hematology analyzer detects a left shift: immature granulocyte (IG) zones, Left Shift flag, and neutrophil distribution on the scattergram.