Oncohematology
Leukemization of B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Bone Marrow
A clinical case of B-NHL leukemization: 53% blasts in blood, 34.8% in bone marrow, high LDH, cytochemical analysis, 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.
Hematology
Incomplete Phagocytosis in Neutrophils During Sepsis
Neutrophil morphology in severe bacterial sepsis: visualizing incomplete bacterial phagocytosis within leukocyte cytoplasm in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow in Polycythemia Vera: A Clinical Case
A clinical case of polycythemia vera (erythremia): complete blood count parameters with plethora and bone marrow smear morphology during therapy.
Oncohematology
Morphology of Blasts in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia L3
A clinical case of ALL with L3 morphology: vacuolated blasts in bone marrow, suppression of hematopoiesis, and cytochemical reaction results.
Hematology
Eosinophilic Leukemoid Reaction: Blood Smear Morphology
A clinical case of eosinophilic leukemoid reaction. Eosinophil morphology in a blood smear with levels elevated to 66% and 9.64×10⁹/L.
Hematology
Dyserythropoiesis: Cytoplasmic and Internuclear Bridges
Morphological signs of dyserythropoiesis in bone marrow aspirate: detection of cytoplasmic and internuclear bridges in erythroid cells.
Clinical cases
Cytology of Breast Mass FNAB: A Clinical Case
A clinical case of cytological examination of a fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of a breast mass in a 40-year-old woman. Evaluate the microscopic picture of the smears.
Hemostasis
Platelet Aggregation and Pseudothrombocytopenia in Blood Smears
Platelet aggregation as a cause of pseudothrombocytopenia: why aggregates accumulate at the edges of blood smears and why a precise platelet count cannot be reported.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy: Types of Casts in Nephropathy
Urine sediment microscopy in a nephrology patient: differential diagnosis of casts, proteinuria 3 g/L, hematuria, and renal epithelial cells.
Hemostasis
Fibrin Formation and Fibrinolysis in Hemostasis
Mechanisms of fibrin formation and fibrinolysis: the role of thrombin, factor XIIIa, and the plasmin system in fibrin stabilization and complete clot formation.
Parasitology
Morphology of Diphyllobothrium latum (Broad Tapeworm)
Explore the morphology of Diphyllobothrium latum: macroscopic view of the strobila, rosette-shaped uterus with eggs in mature proglottids, and the scolex of the broad tapeworm under the microscope.
Hematology
Blood Cell Morphology Challenge in Lymphadenopathy
Hematology diagnostic challenge: identify cells in a blood smear from an 18-year-old patient with fever, pharyngitis, and enlarged lymph nodes.