Hematology
Agranulocytosis: Myelogram in Granulopoiesis Reduction
A clinical case of severe neutropenia in a 16-year-old patient: bone marrow aspirate analysis, absence of granulocytes, and reactive plasmacytosis.
Articles
Blood and bone marrow morphology, clinical cases and diagnostic algorithms. Most of the library is in Russian; the English section is growing.
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Hematology
Erythroblastic Island in Bone Marrow with Pancytopenia
Bone marrow findings in a 78-year-old female patient with trilineage cytopenia: erythroblastic island with macrophage, hypocellularity, and isolated blasts.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Cancer Metastasis: Cellular Morphology
Cytological features of solid cancer metastases in the bone marrow: morphology of atypical non-hematopoietic cells and complexes in a 60-year-old man's aspirate.
Lab test interpretation
Stool Microscopy: Plant Fiber and Muscle Fibers
Microscopic examination of stool: identification of undigested and digested plant fiber, starch grains, and muscle fibers in a coprogram.
Hematology
Bone Marrow Morphology in Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Bone marrow cell morphology in vitamin B12 deficiency: maturation asynchrony, megaloblastic erythropoiesis, and abnormal mitotic figures.
Lab test interpretation
Key Cells in Vaginal Smears for Bacterial Vaginosis
Morphology of key cells in vaginal microflora smears: criteria for detecting adherent bacteria on epithelium in bacterial vaginosis.
Lab test interpretation
Clue Cells in Vaginal Smear: Microscopic Examination
Microscopic appearance of clue cells in a vaginal smear in bacterial vaginosis: bacterial adhesion to vaginal squamous epithelial cells.
Lab test interpretation
Morphology of Aspergillus niger Culture in Otomycosis
Characteristic macro- and microscopic features of a pure Aspergillus niger culture isolated from an ear swab: conidiophores, conidia, and mycelium.
Laboratory methods
QuantiFERON Test in Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Preanalytics
Peculiarities of the preanalytical stage for the QuantiFERON test for tuberculosis: preparation of special QuantiFERON tubes and safety precautions.
Lab test interpretation
Oncocitology Exercise: Identifying Cells in a Smear
A diagnostic cytology exercise on cervical smears: identify the origin of a group of cells in a microscopic preparation from the given options.
Hematology
Microscopy Exercise: Single Cell in Blood Smear
A clinical hematology exercise: tactics for a clinical laboratory diagnostics physician upon finding a single atypical cell in a blood smear from a cytopenic patient.
Oncohematology
Burkitt Lymphoma: The Starry Sky Cytological Pattern
Cytological features of Burkitt lymphoma in a lymph node: starry sky phenomenon, monomorphic lymphoblast population, and macrophages with phagocytosed debris.