Oncohematology
Differential Diagnosis of Blasts in Blood Smears
Criteria for morphological differentiation of blast cells, lymphocytes, and megakaryocyte nuclear fragments in peripheral blood smears under microscopy.
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Differential Diagnosis
Oncohematology
Blasts in Peripheral Blood: Differential Diagnostics
A clinical case of an 86-year-old patient with 17% blasts in the blood: morphological criteria for assessing immature cells and differential diagnostics in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Plasma Cells in Blood Smear in Multiple Myeloma
A clinical case of detecting 6% plasma cells in a complete blood count in myeloma before bone marrow aspiration and a sharp increase in free lambda chains.
Oncohematology
Blast vs. Lymphocyte: Morphology in Blood Smear
Criteria for differential diagnosis of blast cells and mature lymphocytes in a blood smear: chromatin structure, nucleoli, and cytoplasm for clinical laboratory diagnostics specialists.
Oncohematology
Prostate Cancer Metastasis to Bone Marrow: Cytology
Clinical case: bone marrow microscopy in prostate cancer. Evaluation of metastatic involvement, causes of dry tap, and further diagnostic methods.
Clinical cases
Cytology of Merkel Cell Carcinoma in Lymph Node
Clinical case of Merkel cell carcinoma metastasis to an axillary lymph node: imprint cytology and differential diagnosis with lymphoma.
Clinical cases
Lung Carcinoma Metastasis to Inguinal Lymph Node in a Cat
A clinical case of cytological diagnosis of lung carcinoma metastasis to an inguinal lymph node in a cat: differential diagnosis and tumor cell morphology.
Clinical cases
Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis to Cervical Lymph Node
Cytological findings of a cervical lymph node aspirate in renal cell carcinoma metastasis: atypical epithelial cells and differential diagnosis.
Clinical cases
Metastasis of Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma
Cytological features of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma metastasis to a supraclavicular lymph node: tumor cell morphology and differential diagnosis.
Clinical cases
Metastatic Lobular Breast Carcinoma in a Lymph Node
Cytological features of metastatic lobular breast carcinoma in a lymph node: differential diagnosis from lymphoma and plasmacytoma, tumor immunophenotype.
Hematology
Monocyte Morphology and Differential Diagnosis in Blood Smears
Criteria for monocyte identification in blood smears: morphological differences from lymphocytes, reactive forms, and neutrophils during differential leukocyte count.
Hematology
Bacteria in Blood Smear: Contamination or Bacteremia?
How to distinguish bacterial contamination and staining artifacts from true bacteremia during peripheral blood smear microscopy: a case study.