Hematology
Neutropenia and Hypereosinophilia in a Child's Blood Test
Analysis of a child's complete blood count: moderate absolute neutropenia and hypereosinophilia, mistakenly considered normal for age by doctors.
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
Hairy Cell Leukemia in Peripheral Blood Smear
A clinical case of hairy cell leukemia in a 55-year-old man with significant leukocytosis. Morphology of hairy cells in a blood smear.
Laboratory methods
Thyroid Hurthle Cell Neoplasm Cytology: Key Diagnostic Features
Explore the morphological criteria for Hurthle cell neoplasms in thyroid cytology, focusing on oncocyte characteristics and the malignancy risk of cytological findings.
Hematology
Severe Megaloblastic Anemia: Cellular Morphology
A clinical case of severe megaloblastic anemia, featuring bone marrow morphology with megaloblasts, neutrophil hypersegmentation, and blood parameters.
Hematology
Severe Poikilocytosis and Schistocytes in Blood Smear
A case of severe poikilocytosis in an ICU patient: schistocytes, normoblasts, and erythrocyte fragmentation (dumbbell and rod shapes) in a blood smear.
Lab test interpretation
Fatty Casts in Urine: Sediment Microscopy and Diagnosis
Learn about the microscopy of fatty casts in urine sediment: formation from renal epithelial cells, differential diagnosis, and clinical significance.
Oncohematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Blood Smear & Gumprecht Shadows
A clinical case of CLL: hyperleukocytosis 117×10⁹/L, thrombocytopenia, absolute lymphocytosis, and Botkin-Gumprecht shadows in peripheral blood.
Parasitology
Demodex Mites on Eyelashes: Eyelid Demodicosis Diagnosis
Microscopic examination of eyelashes for suspected eyelid demodicosis: detecting Demodex mites in hair follicles and laboratory diagnostic criteria.
Parasitology
Helminth Egg Identification: A Microscopic Atlas
A concise atlas of helminth egg morphology: microscopic features of Ascaris, Enterobius, Trichuris, Ancylostoma, Fasciola, Taenia, and Hymenolepis.
Clinical cases
Cytological Diagnosis of Phaeohyphomycotic Cyst
A clinical case of a phaeohyphomycotic cyst of the thigh caused by Medicopsis romeroi: fine-needle aspiration, cytology, and PAS and GMS staining.
Oncohematology
Atypical Lymphoid Cells in Lymphoma Leukemization
Blood smear findings suggestive of lymphoma leukemization: cytopenias, leukocytosis, atypical lymphoid cells, and the necessity of cytogenetics.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Morphology in Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies
Peripheral blood smears in beta-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and hemoglobinopathies C and E: HbC crystals, sickle and target cells.