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.
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
Monoblastic Leukemia: Cell Morphology in Blood Smear
Case study: anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukocytosis, and large monocytoid cells with cytoplasmic vacuolization in suspected monoblastic leukemia.
Parasitology
Naegleria fowleri Trophozoites in CSF: Morphology
Morphological diagnosis of Naegleria fowleri trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid in primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Giemsa stain.
Parasitology
Microscopy of Eyelashes for Demodicosis: Demodex folliculorum Mites
Microscopic examination of eyelashes for demodicosis in an ophthalmology patient: morphology of Demodex mites in a native preparation. A clinical case.
Hematology
Endothelial Cells in Blood Smear vs. Hairy Cell Leukemia
Morphological differences between endothelial cells and hairy cell leukemia cells in peripheral blood smear: chromatin and cytoplasm features.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy: Suspicion of an Oocyst
Clinical case of urine sediment microscopy in an ICU patient: differential diagnosis of a suspicious inclusion, oocysts, and artifacts.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy: Crystalluria and Tumor Cells
Peculiarities of urine sediment microscopy: detection of calcium oxalate crystals in general clinical analysis and adenocarcinoma cells in cytology.
Lab test interpretation
Crystals in Urine Sediment: Types, Norm, and Pathology
Varieties of crystals in urine sediment during microscopy: oxalates, urates, phosphates, cystine, cholesterol, and drug crystals in urinalysis.
Lab test interpretation
Saliva Fern Sign for Ovulation Detection: Microscopic View
Evaluating the fern sign phenomenon in dried saliva for ovulation detection: microscopic images during fertile and non-fertile days of the menstrual cycle.
Lab test interpretation
Neutral Fat in Stool: Sudan III Staining for Steatorrhea
Stool microscopy in coprogram: detection of neutral fat droplets using Sudan III staining for laboratory diagnosis of steatorrhea.
Parasitology
Demodex folliculorum Mite in Eyelash Microscopy
Microscopic examination of eyelashes for demodicosis: detection of an adult Demodex mite in a native preparation in a clinical laboratory.
Laboratory methods
Laboratory Diagnostics of Filamentous Fungi
Methods for laboratory diagnosis of invasive mycoses: microscopy, culture of biopsies and BAL, sticky tape and pie slice methods.