Oncohematology
Acute Leukemia: Blood Smear and Bone Marrow Aspirate
A clinical case of acute leukemia in a 63-year-old patient: anemia, thrombocytopenia, 72% blasts in blood, 56% in bone marrow, and erythroid hypoplasia.
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.
Hematology
Eosinophil Morphology in Different Animal Species
Explore the unique morphology and granularity of eosinophils in peripheral blood smears of mammals: a comparative microscopy guide for veterinary hematology.
Hematology
Cabot Rings and Howell-Jolly Bodies in Peripheral Blood Smear
Morphology of pathological inclusions in erythrocytes: Cabot rings and Howell-Jolly bodies in peripheral blood smear in erythropoiesis disorders.
Hematology
Normoblasts in Peripheral Blood: Smear Microscopy
Morphology of normoblasts in a peripheral blood smear: pronounced normoblastemia, anisocytosis, and polychromasia in a patient's sample from a central district hospital.
Lab test interpretation
Ovoid Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Urine Sediment
How to differentiate ovoid calcium oxalate crystals from red blood cells during urine sediment microscopy: optical properties, fine focus, and common errors.
Oncohematology
Richter's Transformation in CLL: Sysmex XN Scattergram
A clinical case of leukocytosis: an anomalous Sysmex XN WDF scattergram, suspicion of Richter's transformation in CLL, and lymphocyte morphology.
Hematology
Platelet Dysplasia Mimicking Trypanosomiasis
A case of severe platelet dysplasia in a 66-year-old patient. Morphology of atypical platelets in blood smear, analyzer histograms, and resemblance to trypanosomiasis.
Laboratory methods
Centrifuge Accident: Action Algorithm by SanPiN
Action algorithm for a laboratory centrifuge accident according to SanPiN 3.3686-21: disinfection rules, aerosol exposure, and chamber treatment.
Hematology
Endothelial Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear: Morphology
Learn how endothelial cells appear in a peripheral blood smear. Understand their morphological features and the reasons for their presence in the bloodstream.
Parasitology
Parasitology Case: Identify Helminth Eggs in a Sample
A laboratory diagnostics challenge in parasitology: identify the species of helminth eggs found during microscopy of a native stool sample.
Laboratory methods
Light Microscopy in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics
The role of light microscopy and the laboratory microscope for a clinical laboratory diagnostics physician in differential leukocyte count and peripheral blood smear evaluation.
Oncohematology
Acute Leukemia in a Child: Blast Morphology in Blood Smear
Clinical case of leukocytosis up to 85×10⁹/L and thrombocytopenia in a 9-year-old child. Sysmex analyzer results and blast cell morphology in a blood smear.