Laboratory methods
Sysmex Hematology Analyzer Scattergrams Explained
Schematic diagrams of blood cell population distribution on Sysmex XN and XE series analyzer scattergrams: WDF, WNR, PLT-F, RET, DIFF, and IMI channels.
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Hematology Analyzer
Laboratory methods
Automated Blood Smear Staining with Sysmex SP-10
Application of the Sysmex SP-10 automated system for standardized blood smear preparation and staining in a clinical diagnostic laboratory.
Education
Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics: A Day in the Life
A look into the daily work of clinical diagnostic laboratory specialists: smear microscopy, automated hematology analyzers, and lab workstation organization.
Hematology
Elevated MCHC in Blood Test: Causes and Algorithm
What to do if MCHC is elevated above 375 g/L in CBC: causes of false elevation, cold agglutination, sample warming, and blood smear evaluation.
Oncohematology
Blasts in Peripheral Blood Smear in Leukemia
A clinical case of 78% blasts found in the blood of a 92-year-old patient. Hematology analyzer data, cytopenia, and microscopic smear findings.
Oncohematology
Acute Monoblastic Leukemia (AML M5): Hemogram and Blood Smear
A clinical case of acute myeloid leukemia (AML M5): hyperleukocytosis, analyzer scattergram, and blast morphology in a peripheral blood smear.
Hematology
Normoblastosis in CBC: Counting and Morphology
Assessment of normoblastosis in CBC: over 100 normoblasts per 100 leukocytes, hematology analyzer scattergram, and blood smear morphology in anemia.
Oncohematology
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Blood Smear and Analyzer
Laboratory signs of acute promyelocytic leukemia: cytopenia on a hematology analyzer and morphology of atypical promyelocytes in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Hairy Cell Leukemia: Blood Picture and Cell Morphology
A clinical case of hairy cell leukemia: leukocytosis up to 99.6×10⁹/L, morphology of hairy cells in a blood smear, and analyzer scattergram.
Laboratory methods
Lipemia in CBC: False MCHC and Plasma Replacement
How lipemia (chylosis) inflates hemoglobin and MCHC levels in a complete blood count. A method for correcting results using plasma replacement with saline solution.
Hematology
Sysmex AS-LYMP Parameter in COVID-19 Patients
Reduced levels of antibody-synthesizing lymphocytes (AS-LYMP) on Sysmex XN analyzers in COVID-19 as an early marker of severity and predictor of fatal outcome.
Oncohematology
Crystalline Inclusions in Lymphocyte Cytoplasm
Clinical case: crystalline inclusions in lymphocytes and cytolysis cells in peripheral blood in a 67-year-old woman with a lymphoproliferative disorder.