Hematology
Leukocyte Differential and Left Shift in Sepsis
Clinical case: changes in complete blood count, Sysmex XN scattergrams, and cell morphology in severe sepsis with procalcitonin 289 ng/mL.
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
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Morphology and Markers
A clinical case of acute promyelocytic leukemia: pancytopenia, blasts, CD34- and HLA-DR- immunophenotype, myeloperoxidase cytochemistry, and management strategy.
Hematology
Fanconi Anemia in an Adult: Blood Smear Morphology
A clinical case of Fanconi anemia in a 44-year-old patient: marked poikilocytosis, neutrophil hypersegmentation, and high RDW in a peripheral blood smear.
Hematology
Gaucher Disease: Morphology of Gaucher Cells in Bone Marrow
A clinical case of Gaucher disease in a 51-year-old female patient: morphology of storage cells in the myelogram, enzymatic diagnostics, and GBA gene mutations.
Oncohematology
Osteoblasts and Osteoclasts in Bone Marrow Aspirate
Cytological examination of bone marrow in a child with Burkitt's lymphoma: differential diagnosis of osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and 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.
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.
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
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.
Hematology
Granulocyte Morphology in Bone Marrow Smears
Stages of granulocytic maturation in bone marrow: morphology of myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and mature granulocytes under microscopy.
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.
Oncohematology
Acute T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Blood Picture and Morphology
A case of acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia: blast morphology in a blood smear, thrombocytopenia, and immunophenotyping data in an 18-year-old patient.