Hematology
Howell-Jolly Bodies in Neonatal Peripheral Blood Smear
Morphology of erythrocytes with Howell-Jolly bodies in a neonatal peripheral blood smear. Microscopy with immersion oil after Romanowsky-Giemsa staining.
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
Intracellular Starch in Coprogram: Fecal Microscopy
Microscopy of intracellular starch in feces at different stages of digestion. Evaluation of starch granules in native and Lugol's solution preparations.
Lab test interpretation
Triple Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Morphology of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals in urine sediment. Features of microscopic identification of coffin-lid shaped crystals.
Clinical cases
Microbiology Case: Sputum Culture in Pneumonia
A clinical microbiology case: sputum from a patient with severe pneumonia was examined. Identify the pathogen based on growth on BCYE agar and colony microscopy.
Hematology
Normoblastosis and Poikilocytosis in Beta-Thalassemia Blood Smear
Blood smear analysis in beta-thalassemia: massive normoblastosis (256 normoblasts), target cells, dacrocytes, and schistocytes in the differential count.
Oncohematology
Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Metastasis to Bone Marrow
A clinical case of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma metastasis to the bone marrow: cytology of trephine biopsy imprints in pancytopenia.
Hematology
Trinucleated Normoblast in Bone Marrow: A Case Study
Explore the morphology of a trinucleated normoblast in a bone marrow smear, indicating dyserythropoiesis. Understand the significance of erythroid lineage anomalies in laboratory diagnostics.
Parasitology
Leishmania in Bone Marrow Smear: Microscopic Examination
Microscopic view of a bone marrow smear in visceral leishmaniasis: detection of Leishmania amastigotes in a cytological preparation.
Lab test interpretation
Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Microscopy
Morphology of phosphate crystals in urine sediment under light microscopy: stellar clusters and needle-like forms in a native preparation.
Oncohematology
Rouleaux Formation and Plasma Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear
Clinical case: ESR 123 mm/h, anemia, thrombocytopenia, rouleaux formation, and plasma cells in peripheral blood, raising suspicion of myeloma.
Oncohematology
Giant Platelets in Secondary Myelofibrosis
A clinical case of a 72-year-old female patient with essential thrombocythemia and secondary myelofibrosis: giant platelets and anisopoikilocytosis in a blood smear.
Hematology
Plasmacytoid Lymphocytes: Morphology and Scattergram
Explore the morphological features of plasmacytoid lymphocytes in blood smears and their characteristic appearance on hematology analyzer scattergrams.