Clinical cases
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix with Keratinization
Cytological features of keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix: polymorphism, hyperchromatic nuclei, 'tadpole' cells, and dense cytoplasm.
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Hematology
Evans Syndrome: Hemolytic Anemia Blood Smear Morphology
Blood smear morphology in Evans Syndrome: severe hemolysis, polychromasia, basophilic stippling, Howell-Jolly bodies, and normoblasts in peripheral blood.
Clinical cases
Cutaneous Cryptococcosis: Differential Diagnosis with Leishmaniasis
A clinical case of Cryptococcus neoformans detection when cutaneous leishmaniasis was suspected. Morphology of yeast-like cells in a cytological smear from a wound.
Oncohematology
Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm
A 57-year-old female patient with BPDCN: morphology of blastoid cells in blood and bone marrow smears, features of CD4, CD56, CD123 immunophenotyping.
Clinical cases
Parakeratosis in Cervical Cytology Smear
Cytological features of parakeratosis in cervical leukoplakia: squamous epithelial cell morphology, NILM criteria, and microscopic characteristics.
Oncohematology
Flaming Plasma Cells in Bone Marrow: A Clinical Case
A clinical case of flaming plasma cells in bone marrow with severe anemia and no monoclonal M-gradient, presenting a diagnostic challenge.
Oncohematology
Acute T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Blood Picture and Morphology
A case of acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia: blast morphology in a blood smear, thrombocytopenia, and immunophenotyping data in an 18-year-old patient.
Clinical cases
Giant Carcinoma Cells in Effusion Cytology
Cytological diagnosis of metastatic effusions in animals: morphology of giant atypical carcinoma cells with pronounced cellular polymorphism.
Parasitology
Echinococcus Hooks in Renal Cyst Cytological Puncture
Cytological diagnosis of renal echinococcosis: detection of scoleces and characteristic helminth hooks in a smear of a cystic lesion aspirate.
Oncohematology
Blast Morphology in Bone Marrow in Pancytopenia
Clinical case of pancytopenia in an 82-year-old female patient: evaluation of blast morphology with cytoplasmic vacuolization in bone marrow aspirate.
Oncohematology
MDS with Erythroid Dysplasia of the Bone Marrow
A clinical case of MDS in a 65-year-old female patient with pancytopenia. Morphological signs of erythroid hyperplasia and severe dysplasia in the bone marrow.
Hematology
Alder-Reilly Anomaly in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI
Clinical case of mucopolysaccharidosis type VI: coarse azurophilic granulation of neutrophils and monocytes in a blood smear, arylsulfatase B enzyme deficiency.