Hematology
Toxic Granulation and Döhle Bodies in Neutrophils
Morphological signs of reactive neutrophilia: toxic granulation, Döhle bodies, and cytoplasmic vacuolization in a blood smear.
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
Triple Phosphate Crystals in Stool: Coprogram Microscopy
Detection of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals during stool microscopy: crystal morphology in coprogram and clinical-diagnostic significance.
Parasitology
Detecting Trichomonas Vaginalis in Urogenital Smears
Morphology of Trichomonas vaginalis in stained urogenital smears: identification of protozoa, leukocyte reaction, and bacterial flora during microscopy.
Oncohematology
Hairy Cell Leukemia Suspected in Hyperleukocytosis
A clinical case of severe leukocytosis up to 300 × 10⁹/L with absolute lymphocytosis. Cell morphology with cytoplasmic projections and recommendation for immunophenotyping.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Agglutination and Spurious MCHC Elevation
Erythrocyte agglutination in cryoglobulinemia: blood smear morphology, spurious MCHC elevation, and artifactual RBC count reduction in CBC.
Oncohematology
Cytoplasmic Clasmatosis in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Morphological features of B-CLL: the phenomenon of cytoplasmic clasmatosis of tumor lymphocytes in a blood smear and immunophenotyping data of a monoclonal population.
Hematology
Neutrophil Phagocytosis of Platelets in a Blood Smear
Neutrophil phagocytosis of platelets in peripheral blood: a clinical case in a patient with end-stage chronic kidney disease, cell morphology, and analyzer scattergram.
Hematology
Fanconi Anemia in an Adult: Blood Smear Morphology
A clinical case of Fanconi anemia in a 44-year-old patient: marked poikilocytosis, neutrophil hypersegmentation, and high RDW in a peripheral blood smear.
Hemostasis
Reactive Thrombocytosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
A case of severe thrombocytosis (2481×10⁹/L) in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: blood smear morphology and hematology analyzer printout.
Laboratory methods
Purified DNA Solution: Causes of High Viscosity
Why purified genomic DNA solutions are highly viscous: physicochemical properties of eukaryotic DNA molecules in the clinical laboratory.
Hematology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia
Laboratory algorithm for differential diagnosis of microcytic hypochromic anemias: ferritin, iron, TIBC, and transferrin saturation.
Parasitology
Demodicosis Diagnosis: Eyelash Microscopy for Demodex Mites
Laboratory diagnosis of eyelid demodicosis: microscopic examination of eyelashes to detect Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis mites.