Oncohematology
Mantle Cell Lymphoma Cell Morphology in Blood Smear
Atypical lymphoid cells in a blood smear with suspected mantle cell lymphoma. Diagnosis verification via sternal puncture and immunophenotyping.
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.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy: Erythrocytes, Fungal Spores, Flora
Microscopy of urine sediment stained by Romanowsky: erythrocytes, fungal spores, and abundant rod-shaped flora are visible at 1000x magnification.
Hematology
Bone Marrow as a Hematopoietic Organ: History of Discovery
Explore the history of hematopoiesis: Ernst Neumann's 1868 discovery of bone marrow's role and Mikhail Arinkin's 1928 introduction of in vivo bone marrow puncture.
Hematology
Proerythroblast vs. Plasma Cell: Morphological Distinctions
Key criteria for differential diagnosis of proerythroblasts and plasma cells: nuclear location, cytoplasmic basophilia, and N:C ratio.
Parasitology
Stool Microscopy in Diarrhea: A Parasitology Case
A parasitology case: identify motile organisms found during microscopy of concentrated stool sediment from a patient with diarrhea.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Morphology in Multiple Myeloma
Bone marrow aspirate findings in a 62-year-old patient with multiple myeloma: dynamic myelogram assessment, plasmacyte morphology, and clasmatosis.
Lab test interpretation
Waxy Casts in Urine Sediment: Morphology and Microscopy
Detection of waxy casts in native urine sediment with proteinuria. Limitations of automated analyzers and the importance of manual sediment microscopy.
Oncohematology
Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone Marrow: Cytology
A clinical case of breast cancer metastasizing to the bone marrow, leading to pancytopenia. Morphology of tumor complexes in aspirate.
Hematology
Ring-shaped Neutrophil Nuclei in Equine Blood Smears
Leukocyte morphology features: formation of ring-shaped neutrophil nuclei in severe salmonellosis in horses, observed in peripheral blood smears.
Hematology
Binucleated Monocyte in Peripheral Blood Smear
Explore monocyte morphology: identification of a binucleated monocyte in a peripheral blood smear. Microscopic features and differential diagnosis.
Hematology
Atypical Mononuclear Cells in Infectious Mononucleosis
Peripheral blood smear microscopy in infectious mononucleosis: morphology of reactive lymphocytes (atypical mononuclear cells). Cell examples.
Lab test interpretation
Yeast Fungi in Infant Stool: A Case Study in Laboratory Hematology
Microscopy of a native stool sample from a 1-month-old infant reveals budding yeast fungi and pseudomycelium in the coprogram. A clinical case from a laboratory hematology school.