Oncohematology
Acute Leukemia Blasts: Monocytic Differentiation
A clinical case of acute leukemia: hyperleukocytosis, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and 38.5% blasts with monocytic differentiation in a blood smear.
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
Pseudopelger-Huët Anomaly of Neutrophils in Blood Smear
Pseudopelgerization of neutrophils as an early marker of myelodysplastic syndrome. Morphology of Pelgeroid cells in blood smear in anemia of unknown origin.
Lab test interpretation
Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytology: Arachnoendothelial Cell & Plasmacyte
CSF microscopy in a 5-month-old infant with purulent meningitis: differentiating an arachnoendothelial cell from a plasmacyte using Samson's stain.
Oncohematology
Acute Erythroid Leukemia: Morphology and Immunophenotype
A clinical case of acute erythroid leukemia: pancytopenia, blast cells in the smear, erythroid dysplasia, and flow cytometry (CD71+, CD235a+).
Parasitology
Leishmaniasis and Hemophagocytosis in Bone Marrow Aspirate
Cytological findings of visceral leishmaniasis in a child's bone marrow aspirate: hemophagocytosis, Leishmania amastigotes within macrophages and extracellularly.
Oncohematology
Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children: Clinical Manifestations
A clinical case of massive Hodgkin's disease in a 4-year-old child with giant neck nodes, from I. A. Kassirsky's guide.
Parasitology
Pinworm Eggs in Stool: Lugol's Solution and Kato Method
Microscopic detection of pinworm eggs (Enterobius vermicularis) in stool. Morphology of eggs in Lugol's solution preparations and thick smears using the Kato method.
Hematology
Ring-shaped Leukocyte Nuclei in Peripheral Blood Smears
Holes and ring-shaped nuclei in leukocytes: morphological features of reactive lymphocytes in EBV, granulocyte dysplasia, and differential diagnostics.
Clinical cases
Ascites Cytology in Signet-Ring Cell Adenocarcinoma
Cytological findings in ascitic fluid from a patient with signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma: atypical cell clusters, eccentric nuclei, and elevated CA 125.
Oncohematology
AML Relapse: Dyserythropoiesis in Bone Marrow Aspirate
Morphological features of bone marrow in AML relapse: blast cells, megaloblasts, and severe dyserythropoiesis in a 66-year-old patient's aspirate.
Lab test interpretation
Yeast-Like Fungi and Mycelium in General Urine Analysis
Urine sediment microscopy: detection of pseudomycelium and budding blastospores of Candida yeast-like fungi in general urine analysis.
Hematology
Hematopathology in Morphological Diagnostics System
The significance and specifics of hematopathology in clinical morphology: bone marrow, lymph node, and peripheral blood cell examination.