Parasitology
Plasmodium vivax Schizonts in a Thin Blood Smear
Laboratory diagnosis of tertian malaria: microscopic signs and morphology of Plasmodium vivax schizonts in a thin peripheral blood smear.
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Clinical Case
Lab test interpretation
Bialbuminemia on Serum Protein Electrophoresis
A clinical case of bialbuminemia: serum protein electrophoresis showing albumin fraction splitting in a patient with systemic connective tissue disease.
Lab test interpretation
High Urine Specific Gravity: Hypersthenuria and Glucosuria
Measuring urine specific gravity with a urinometer: a value of 1051 with 12 mmol/L glucosuria. Causes of pronounced hypersthenuria in urine analysis.
Lab test interpretation
Epithelial Cells in Urethral Smear for Gonorrhea Control
Analyzing the cytological picture of a male urethral smear during gonorrhea treatment control: morphology of columnar epithelium and leukocytes.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy: Suspicion of an Oocyst
Clinical case of urine sediment microscopy in an ICU patient: differential diagnosis of a suspicious inclusion, oocysts, and artifacts.
Lab test interpretation
Curschmann's Spirals in Sputum: Microscopic Findings
Detection of Curschmann's spirals during microscopic examination of sputum. Morphology of bronchiole casts in a native preparation at x20 and x40 magnification.
Hemostasis
Megakaryocytes Without Platelet Budding in Bone Marrow
Evaluating the megakaryocytic lineage in thrombocytopenia: morphology of megakaryocytes without platelet budding in bone marrow aspirate.
Lab test interpretation
Candida Pseudomycelium and Blastospores in a Vaginal Smear
Microscopy of a vaginal smear in candidiasis: detection of pseudomycelium and blastospores of Candida fungi in a pregnant patient.
Oncohematology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Monoblasts in Blood Smear
Blood analysis and smear microscopy in acute myeloid leukemia with monocytic differentiation: leukocytosis 83×10⁹/L, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and blastosis.
Clinical cases
Cytology Exercise: Cell Changes in a Pap Test
A diagnostic cytology exercise: determine the cause of epithelial changes in a cervical Pap test from a 50-year-old woman. Test your knowledge.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Plasmacytosis in Multiple Myeloma
A clinical case of multiple myeloma: 56% plasma cells in bone marrow aspirate, binucleated forms, and narrowed hematopoietic lineages.
Parasitology
Trichomoniasis in Pregnancy: Vaginal Smear Microscopy
A clinical case of detecting Trichomonas vaginalis and massive leukocytosis in a genital tract smear from a pregnant patient at 38 weeks.