Oncohematology
Pancytopenia and Blasts Post-Chemotherapy: A Case Study
A case of pancytopenia with blasts and myelocytes after sarcoma chemotherapy: why bone marrow aspiration is essential over peripheral blood immunophenotyping.
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
Leukemia Cutis: Specific Skin Lesions in Leukemia
Leukemia cutis is the infiltration of the skin by blast cells in acute myeloid leukemia. Clinical variants of skin manifestations include papules, plaques, nodules, and ulcers.
Hematology
Major Beta-Thalassemia: External Signs and Symptoms
External manifestations of major beta-thalassemia: facial bone deformities, cutaneous hemosiderosis in severe hemolytic anemia and iron overload.
Hematology
Cold Agglutinin Disease: Symptoms and Diagnosis
Cold agglutinin disease: mechanism of autoimmune hemolysis by IgM antibodies, symptoms, and features of cold agglutination of erythrocytes in blood tests.
Education
Laboratory Medicine Forum at MONIKI: Standards & Technologies
Join the Laboratory Medicine Forum on November 19 at MONIKI, Moscow, for discussions on standards, service organization, technology exhibition, and CME credits.
Education
Remote Work for Doctors: Online Medical Consultations
Remote work opportunities for doctors of all specialties: written patient consultations in your free time, with medical diploma verification.
Hematology
Koilonychia and Atrophic Glossitis in Iron Deficiency
Clinical signs of sideropenic syndrome in iron deficiency anemia: atrophy of tongue papillae, angular stomatitis, and koilonychia (spoon-shaped nails).
Hemostasis
Rendu-Osler Disease: Telangiectasias and Anemia
Rendu-Osler disease: causes of endothelial insufficiency, skin and mucous membrane telangiectasias, risk of occult GI bleeding and iron deficiency anemia.
Oncohematology
Prolymphocytic Transformation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
A case of CLL transformation to prolymphocytic leukemia: leukocytosis increased to 162×10⁹/L in 4 months, with up to 40% prolymphocytes in blood smear.
Oncohematology
Hairy Cell Leukemia: Morphology in Blood Smear
A clinical case of hairy cell leukemia in a 65-year-old man: complete blood count parameters, scattergram, and morphology of scalloped and filamentous cells.
Oncohematology
Hairy Cell Leukemia: Cell Morphology in Blood Smear
A clinical case of hairy cell leukemia: morphology of neoplastic lymphocytes in peripheral blood smear, including scalloped and filiform cell forms.
Oncohematology
AML with t(8;21) Differential Diagnosis: Cytology and Immunophenotyping
Criteria for differential diagnosis of AML with t(8;21), acute promyelocytic leukemia, and CMML: bone marrow cytology, immunophenotyping, and genetics.