Lab test interpretation
Laboratory Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism: An Algorithm
An algorithm for laboratory diagnosis of hyperthyroidism: evaluating TSH, free T4, T3, and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies for differential diagnosis.
Tag
Differential Diagnosis
Lab test interpretation
Hematuria Differential Diagnosis: An Algorithmic Approach
An algorithm for the differential diagnosis of hematuria in pediatrics and nephrology: identifying causes of erythrocyturia, glomerulonephritis, UTIs, and hereditary nephropathies.
Clinical cases
Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency: Laboratory Diagnostics
Clinical case review of late-onset adenosine deaminase deficiency. Causes of lymphopenia, hypereosinophilia, ADA enzyme activity assessment, and genetic analysis.
Hematology
Monocyte Morphology and Differential Diagnosis in Blood Smears
Understand monocyte morphology: chromatin and cytoplasm assessment, differential diagnosis from reactive lymphocytes and blasts in blood smears.
Education
Infectious Exanthems in Children: Differential Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis of infectious exanthems in children: clinical examples of Lyme disease, herpes, roseola, ecthyma gangrenosum, and streptoderma.
Lab test interpretation
Alkaline Phosphatase in Liver Injury: An Assessment Algorithm
Causes of elevated alkaline phosphatase in hepatitis, cholestasis, and liver tumors. Differential diagnosis algorithm based on enzyme elevation levels.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Metastasis: Cytological Picture
A clinical case of solid tumor metastasis to the bone marrow in a patient suspected of acute hemoblastosis: myelogram analysis and cell morphology.
Hematology
Morphology Challenge: Classifying Blood Cells in a Smear
A clinical case study on blood smear microscopy: classify two nucleated cells by assessing chromatin and cytoplasm structure. Test your diagnostic skills.
Oncohematology
Morphological Identification of Blasts in Blood Smear
Tips for recognizing blasts in a blood smear: evaluate chromatin structure compared to erythroblasts, population monotony, and cell arrangement.
Hematology
Identifying Basophils in Peripheral Blood Smears
Learn to identify basophils in peripheral blood smears: characteristic granulation, nuclear shape, and differential diagnosis from other leukocytes.
Hematology
Morphological Differences: Pronormoblast vs. Promyelocyte
Comparative morphology of pronormoblast and promyelocyte: nuclear structure, chromatin, and cytoplasm features in blood smear microscopy.
Oncohematology
Blast Morphology in Peripheral Blood Smear
Clinical case review: differential diagnosis of binucleated blasts and large granular lymphocytes in a peripheral blood smear from a 68-year-old woman.