Clinical cases
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix with Keratinization
Cytological features of keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: polymorphism, hyperchromatic nuclei, 'tadpole' cells, and dense cytoplasm.
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 Exercise: Identify Helminth Egg in Stool
A diagnostic exercise in laboratory parasitology: identify the parasite species based on egg morphology during microscopy of a native stool sample.
Hematology
Granulocyte Morphology in Bone Marrow Smears
Stages of granulocytic maturation in bone marrow: morphology of myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and mature granulocytes under microscopy.
Parasitology
Morphology of Nanophyetus schikhobalowi Eggs
Morphological features of Nanophyetus schikhobalowi helminth eggs in stool microscopy and differential diagnosis with Diphyllobothrium latum.
Oncohematology
Blasts in Peripheral Blood: Differential Diagnostics
A clinical case of an 86-year-old patient with 17% blasts in the blood: morphological criteria for assessing immature cells and differential diagnostics in a blood smear.
Lab test interpretation
Synovial Fluid Analysis in Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Laboratory differences in synovial fluid in arthritis and osteoarthritis: cytosis, cell composition, phagocyte count, and protein concentration in synovium.
Oncohematology
Differential Diagnosis of Blasts in Blood Smears
Criteria for morphological differentiation of blast cells, lymphocytes, and megakaryocyte nuclear fragments in peripheral blood smears under microscopy.
Oncohematology
B-IV Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Morphology and Immunophenotyping
A clinical case of B-IV acute lymphoblastic leukemia with hyperleukocytosis of 619×10⁹/L in an 82-year-old patient: blood cell morphology and immunophenotyping.
Laboratory methods
p16 Marker in Immunocytochemistry of Cervical Neoplasms
The role of p16 protein in immunocytochemical diagnosis of cervical dysplasia (CIN) and cancer, its link to HPV E7 oncoprotein, and marker expression in tumor cells.
Oncohematology
Mott Cells in Peripheral Blood: Morphology
A clinical case detailing the discovery of Mott cells with Russell bodies in a peripheral blood smear from a 66-year-old patient with anemia and cytopenia.
Parasitology
Microscopy of Blastocystis hominis in Stool: Vacuolar Form
Laboratory diagnosis of blastocystosis: microscopy of native stool smear with Lugol's solution, morphological features of Blastocystis hominis vacuolar forms.
Oncohematology
Peripheral Blood Smear in Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Peripheral blood morphology in a young patient with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia after allo-HSCT: blasts, dyserythropoiesis, and erythrocyte inclusions.