Oncohematology
Sézary Cells in Blood Smear: A Guide to Identification
Explore the morphological features of Sézary cells: T-lymphocytes with cerebriform nuclei found in peripheral blood in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and Sézary syndrome.
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.
Hematology
Large Granular Lymphocytes in Leukopenia Blood Smear
Features of differential leukocyte count in severe leukopenia: detection of large granular lymphocytes, WDF scattergram analysis, and digital microscopy.
Hemostasis
EDTA-Dependent Pseudothrombocytopenia: Platelet Aggregation
Causes of spurious thrombocytopenia on the analyzer: detection of large platelet aggregates in EDTA blood smear and rules for re-collection in a citrate tube.
Education
Laboratory Diagnostics in Hematology: First Clinical-Laboratory Forum
Announcement of the First Clinical-Laboratory Forum at Almazov National Medical Research Center: Prof. S.A. Lugovskaya's report on modern methods in laboratory hematology.
Lab test interpretation
Evaluating Clinical, Biochemical Blood and Urine Tests
Analysis of complete blood count, biochemical blood tests, serological screening, and urinalysis results in a polyarthrosis patient: normal and abnormal findings.
Hematology
The differential white blood cell count
What the differential count is, how to read neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils and basophils, and which pathological cells must never be missed.
Hematology
«Blue-green crystals of death» and Döhle bodies in neutrophils
A clinical case of an 81-year-old woman with sepsis: critical blue-green inclusions in neutrophils, Knyazkov — Döhle bodies and what they mean for the prognosis.
Lab test interpretation
The ferritin test — three targets with one shot
A single number points to hidden iron deficiency, inflammation and hereditary haemochromatosis. Why a ferritin below 30 ng/ml is already a diagnosis.
Hematology
Top 5 causes of increased lymphocytes in the blood
A laboratory physician walks through the five most common reasons for lymphocytosis, with clinical examples: infections, reactive lymphocytes, smoking, spleen removal and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.