Hematology
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia: Blood and Bone Marrow
A clinical case of vitamin B12 deficiency anemia: macrocytosis (MCV 118 fL), Howell-Jolly bodies, neutrophil hypersegmentation, and megaloblastic erythropoiesis in the bone marrow.
Articles
Blood and bone marrow morphology, clinical cases and diagnostic algorithms. Most of the library is in Russian; the English section is growing.
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Hematology
Eosinopenia in Complete Blood Count: Clinical Significance
A clinical case of eosinopenia in acute infection: causes of decreased eosinophils in the blood and the diagnostic value of the indicator as a marker of inflammation.
Oncohematology
Morphological Features of Prolymphocytes in Blood Smears
Morphology of prolymphocytes in peripheral blood with Romanowsky staining: differential diagnosis with lymphocytes and blasts in blood smears.
Oncohematology
Prominent Monocytosis and Blasts in Peripheral Blood Smear
A clinical case of leukocytosis (35.3×10⁹/L) with anemia and 66.5% monocytosis: morphological evaluation of suspicious mononuclear cells and blasts in a peripheral blood smear.
Hematology
Atypical Mononuclear Cells in Infectious Mononucleosis
A 19-year-old patient with infectious mononucleosis: leukocytosis, analyzer scattergram, and reactive lymphocyte morphology in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Neutropenia as a Harbinger of Acute Leukemia: A Case Study
A clinical case of acute leukemia onset in a 30-year-old female patient: dynamics of complete blood count from neutropenia to 61% blasts in the blood smear.
Hematology
Normoblastosis in CBC: Counting and Morphology
Assessment of normoblastosis in CBC: over 100 normoblasts per 100 leukocytes, hematology analyzer scattergram, and blood smear morphology in anemia.
Hematology
Pappenheimer Bodies in Hemolytic Anemia Blood Smear
A case of hereditary hemolytic anemia in an 18-year-old male: microcytosis, hypochromia, Pappenheimer bodies in erythrocytes, and analyzer parameters.
Hematology
Artifacts and Inclusions in Lymphocyte Cytoplasm
How to distinguish true cytoplasmic inclusions from fixation and staining artifacts in a blood smear: morphological features and differential diagnosis.
Laboratory methods
Blood Smear Artifacts from Underfilled EDTA Tubes
How excess EDTA in small blood volumes distorts analyzer scattergrams and cell morphology: echinocytes, nuclear pyknosis, and endothelial aggregates.
Hematology
Folic Acid Deficiency and Anemia During Lactation
A clinical case review of anemia due to folic acid and vitamin D deficiency in a breastfeeding woman. Evaluation of complete blood count and biochemistry.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Metastasis: Cytological Picture
A clinical case of solid tumor metastasis to the bone marrow in a patient suspected of acute hemoblastosis: myelogram analysis and cell morphology.