Hello 👋 Today, an object I had never encountered before was found in a hematological smear. Artifact? Filaria? Romanowsky stain. May-Grünwald fixation. The first photo is ×1000. The second photo is an enlargement in a photo editor.
Microfilariae Suspicion vs. Artifacts in Blood Smear
Unusual spiral inclusion in a peripheral blood smear: differential diagnosis of microfilariae and laboratory artifacts in light microscopy.
