Lab test interpretation
Tyrosine Crystals in Urine: Sediment Microscopy
Urine sediment microscopy: detection and morphology of tyrosine crystals as characteristic needle-like bundles and rosettes in severe liver damage.
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.
Parasitology
Cytological Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis: Leishmania infantum
Microscopic identification of Leishmania infantum in canine cytological smears and differential diagnosis with Histoplasma capsulatum.
Lab test interpretation
Alternaria Fungal Spores in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Learn to identify Alternaria fungal spores in urine sediment. Understand why finding conidia is an artifact with no diagnostic significance.
Lab test interpretation
Candida Yeast-Like Fungi in Stool Microscopy
Morphology of Candida yeast-like fungi in a native stool smear during coprological examination: detection of budding cells under the microscope.
Parasitology
Trichomonas Vaginalis in Urogenital Smears: Morphology & Detection
Learn the morphology of Trichomonas vaginalis during microscopy of stained urogenital smears, including criteria for detection and the cytological picture.
Parasitology
Pinworm Eggs (Enterobius vermicularis) in Urine Sediment
Morphology of colorless, asymmetrical Enterobius vermicularis eggs during urine sediment microscopy. Laboratory diagnosis of enterobiasis.
Hematology
Plasma Cell Morphology: Microscopic Criteria
An analysis of plasma cell microscopy in blood smears and bone marrow aspirates: morphological features, flaming cells, and atypical forms.
Lab test interpretation
Sperm Morphology: Neck Pathology and Spermatid
Evaluation of sperm morphology in a spermogram: spermatozoa with bent necks and spermatids in an ejaculate smear stained with hematoxylin-eosin.
Parasitology
Parasep Concentration Method in Parasitosis Diagnostics
Application of the Parasep ether-formalin enrichment method for stool analysis for helminth eggs, larvae, and protozoan cysts: methodology, advantages, and protocol.
Laboratory methods
Algorithm for Cytological Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules
A step-by-step algorithm for cytological examination of thyroid aspirate: FNA smear evaluation, differential diagnosis of tumors and thyroiditis.
Hematology
Dual Red Blood Cell Population After Blood Transfusion
Blood smear in iron deficiency anemia after red blood cell transfusion: marked aniso-chromia, microcytosis, hypochromia, and increased RDW.
Lab test interpretation
Double-Headed Spermatozoa in Ejaculate Microscopy
Morphological assessment of spermatozoa in ejaculate examination: identification of pathological forms with double heads using hematoxylin and eosin staining.