Hematology
Cold Agglutination in Complete Blood Count: A Case Study
A case of cold agglutination: false MCHC elevation, sample appearance in tube and microscopy, and parameter correction after 37°C incubation.
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Clinical Case
Oncohematology
Blood Smear Morphology in Primary Myelofibrosis
A clinical case of primary myelofibrosis with JAK2 V617F mutation: analysis of analyzer hemogram, leucoerythroblastic picture, dacryocytes, and cell atypia.
Oncohematology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosis: A Clinical Case Study
A clinical case of acute myeloid leukemia (AML M2) featuring blastemia, hyperleukocytosis, blood smear morphology, and bone marrow immunophenotyping and PCR results.
Oncohematology
Differential Diagnosis of Marked Lymphocytosis
Clinical case of an 84-year-old female patient: leukocytosis 340×10⁹/L, Botkin-Gumprecht shadows, peripheral blood and bone marrow aspirate smears.
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.
Oncohematology
Acute Monocytic Leukemia M5b: Cell Morphology and Immunophenotyping
A clinical case of secondary acute monocytic leukemia (AML M5b) with hyperleukocytosis of 503×10⁹/L: blood smear morphology and immunophenotyping.
Clinical cases
Borrelia in Peripheral Blood Smear in Lyme Disease
A case report of Borrelia spirochetes found in a blood smear from a patient with fever and thrombocytopenia, illustrating the morphological picture of tick-borne borreliosis (Lyme disease).
Oncohematology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia with inv(16) and Harlequin Cells
A clinical case of acute myeloid leukemia with chromosome 16 inversion. Discovery of Harlequin cells in bone marrow aspirate.
Oncohematology
Pediatric B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Diagnostic Case Study
A clinical case of B-ALL in an an 8-year-old child: leukopenia and anemia without blastemia, bone marrow blastosis, and B-ALL confirmation by flow cytometry.
Oncohematology
Gaucher-like Cells in Bone Marrow Smear in CML
Morphology of Gaucher-like cells in a bone marrow smear from a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Differential diagnosis and cytology.
Oncohematology
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Peripheral Blood Morphology
A clinical case of CML detected during a routine blood test: hyperleukocytosis 203×10⁹/L, thrombocytosis, granulocyte maturation stages, and BCR-ABL1 mutation.
Oncohematology
Systemic Mastocytosis: Clinical Case and Morphology
A clinical case of systemic mastocytosis: splenomegaly, urticaria pigmentosa, blood tryptase level >200 µg/L, and atypical mast cells in the bone marrow.