Hematology
Erythrocyte Chromia: Normochromia, Hypochromia, Hyperchromia
Morphological assessment of erythrocytes in peripheral blood smears: signs of normochromia, hypochromia, and hyperchromia in the differential diagnosis of anemias.
Tag
Erythrocytes
Hematology
Radial Aggregation of Red Blood Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear
Unusual fan-shaped arrangement and aggregation of red blood cells in a blood smear: differential diagnosis of preparation artifacts and pathological clusters.
Lab test interpretation
Acanthocytes in Urine: Marker of Glomerular Hematuria
Morphology of acanthocytes (G1 cells) in urine sediment: differential diagnosis of glomerular hematuria and features of dysmorphic erythrocyte microscopy.
Hematology
Knizocytes in Blood Smear: Morphology and Diagnostics
What are knizocytes, how do red blood cells with two concavities look in a blood smear, and what pathologies do they indicate? Diagnosis in hemoglobinopathies.
Lab test interpretation
Acanthocytes in Urine Sediment: Glomerular Hematuria Marker
Acanthocytes (G1 cells) in urine sediment microscopy: morphology of dysmorphic erythrocytes and diagnostic criteria for glomerular hematuria.
Oncohematology
Polycythemia Vera: Erythrocyte Cytochemistry Insights
A 62-year-old male with polycythemia vera: blood counts, sodium nitrite methemoglobin detection method, and further diagnostic plan.
Oncohematology
Rouleaux Formation and Plasma Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear
Clinical case: ESR 123 mm/h, anemia, thrombocytopenia, rouleaux formation, and plasma cells in peripheral blood, raising suspicion of myeloma.
Hematology
Megaloblastic Anemia in a Child: Cabot Rings in Blood Smear
Clinical case of anemia in a 1.5-year-old child: Cabot rings, pronounced basophilic stippling of erythrocytes, and macrocytosis in peripheral blood.
Hematology
Unusual Red Blood Cell Aggregation in Peripheral Smear
An unusual radial aggregation of red blood cells in a peripheral blood smear. Features of red blood cell morphology assessment and laboratory artifacts.
Laboratory methods
Erythrocytes in Skin Scrapings After KOH Solution Treatment
Microscopy of skin scrapings in 20% potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution: erythrocyte changes and features of differential diagnosis of artifacts.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Morphology: Unusual Poikilocyte in Blood Smear
An example of severe poikilocytosis in a peripheral blood smear: an unusually shaped erythrocyte resembling a fish, and cell morphology assessment.
Hematology
G6PD Deficiency: Degmacytes in Blood Smear During Hemolysis
A clinical case of post-vaccination hemolysis: a sharp drop in hemoglobin, degmacytes and eccentrocytes in a peripheral blood smear in G6PD deficiency.