Hematology
Cold Agglutination in Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection
Blood smear morphology in Mycoplasma pneumoniae: severe cold agglutination of red blood cells, falsely elevated MCHC, and reactive lymphocytes with uropods.
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Clinical Case
Parasitology
Tropical Malaria in Blood Smear: A Clinical Case
A clinical case of tropical malaria: detection of Plasmodium falciparum in blood smear and thick film during leukocyte differential count.
Parasitology
Parasitology Case: Parasite from Bile Ducts
A clinical parasitology case: a helminth found in a bile duct drain from a Chinese patient who consumed raw fish. Identify the pathogen.
Hemostasis
Severe Thrombocytopenia in HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infection
A clinical case of profound thrombocytopenia (PLT 3×10⁹/L) in HIV and hepatitis C co-infection: analyzer results and peripheral blood smear microscopy.
Parasitology
Microfilariae in Blood Smear: Diagnosing Dirofilariasis
Detection of microfilariae in peripheral blood smears in cutaneous and cardiac dirofilariasis. Features of differential morphological diagnosis of larvae.
Oncohematology
Hodgkin Lymphoma in Children: Clinical Manifestations
A clinical case of massive Hodgkin's disease in a 4-year-old child with giant neck nodes, from I. A. Kassirsky's guide.
Lab test interpretation
Pseudomycelium and Candida Yeast Cells in a Flora Smear
Microscopy of genital discharge: detection of pseudomycelium and Candida spp. yeast cells using methylene blue stain. A clinical case.
Parasitology
Morphology of Giardia lamblia Trophozoites in Fecal Smear
Microscopic detection and morphological features of Giardia lamblia trophozoites in a stained fecal smear from a puppy with giardiasis.
Parasitology
Parasitology Case: Duodenal Helminth Identification
A clinical parasitology case: identification of a helminth and its eggs found during duodenal endoscopy and copro-ovoscopy.
Oncohematology
Pseudo-Chediak-Higashi Granules in Blasts in AML
Morphology of myeloblasts with pseudo-Chediak-Higashi inclusions in bone marrow aspirate in acute myeloid leukemia with maturation (AML M2) in a child.
Parasitology
Morphology of Enterobius vermicularis Eggs in Enterobiasis
Microscopy of Enterobius vermicularis eggs: characteristic asymmetrical shape, double-contoured shell, and features of laboratory diagnosis of enterobiasis.
Clinical cases
Squamous Epithelium Hyperkeratosis in Cervical Cytology
Cytological signs of squamous epithelium hyperkeratosis of the cervix: clusters of anucleated keratinized scales in a smear from a 39-year-old woman. Microscopic findings.