Laboratory methods
Automated Urine Test Strip Analysis: Clinitek Atlas
Principles of automated urine test strip analysis on the Clinitek Atlas analyzer: photometric reading, refractometry, and elimination of subjective errors.
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.
Lab test interpretation
Ammonium Biurate Crystals in Dog Urine: Causes and Morphology
Explore the morphology of ammonium biurate crystals in canine urine sediment, their causes, association with liver pathologies, and breed predisposition.
Oncohematology
Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia: Morphology and Cytochemistry
A clinical case of acute myelomonocytic leukemia: bone marrow cytology, blast and promonocyte morphology, immunophenotyping, and cytochemistry results.
Hematology
Monocyte and Giant Platelet in Peripheral Blood Smear
Explore the distinct morphology of monocytes and giant platelets in peripheral blood smears. This guide aids in the microscopic differential diagnosis of formed elements.
Lab test interpretation
Renal Epithelial Fatty Degeneration in Urine Sediment
Morphology of renal epithelium with fatty degeneration: microscopy of urine sediment in native form and after Sudan III staining at 400x magnification.
Hematology
Howell-Jolly Bodies in Neonatal Peripheral Blood Smear
Morphology of erythrocytes with Howell-Jolly bodies in a neonatal peripheral blood smear. Microscopy with immersion oil after Romanowsky-Giemsa staining.
Oncohematology
Acute Leukemia in a Child: Blasts in Peripheral Blood
Clinical case of newly diagnosed acute leukemia in a 10-year-old girl: hyperleukocytosis 500 × 10⁹/L, thrombocytopenia, blasts and atypia in blood smear.
Lab test interpretation
Leptothrix in Vaginal Smear: Microscopic Features
Explore the morphology and microscopic characteristics of Leptothrix in vaginal smears. Learn about filamentous Leptothrix bacteria on epithelial surfaces and in microflora.
Parasitology
Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasite in a Blood Smear
A clinical case of Plasmodium falciparum detection in a blood smear from a febrile patient. Morphology of malaria parasite trophozoites and gametocytes.
Lab test interpretation
Candiduria: Yeast-like Fungi and Pseudomycelium in Urine
Urine sediment microscopy in candiduria: detection of Candida yeast-like fungal spores, branching pseudomycelium, and squamous epithelial cells.
Parasitology
Hepatozoon canis in Blood Smear: Gamont Detection
Morphological diagnosis of Hepatozoon canis in peripheral blood smears: detection of characteristic gamonts in neutrophil cytoplasm and PCR verification.
Lab test interpretation
Hemosiderin in Urine Sediment: Microscopy and Perls' Reaction
Hemosiderin in urine sediment as a marker of intravascular hemolysis. Mechanism of hemosiderinuria formation, sediment microscopy, and cytochemical Perls' reaction.