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.
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Clinical Case
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.
Lab test interpretation
Indigestible Fiber in Coprogram: Microscopic Examination
Indigestible plant fiber in coprogram: features of microscopy, morphological signs, and clinical significance of stool examination.
Lab test interpretation
Ampicillin Crystals in Urine Sediment: Microscopic Findings
Microscopy of urine sediment in a child with pneumonia: needle-shaped ampicillin crystals, causes of drug-induced crystalluria, and identification.
Lab test interpretation
Charcot-Leyden Crystals in Stool: Diagnostic Significance
Features of detecting Charcot-Leyden crystals in stool. Causes of their appearance during coprogram microscopy: eosinophilic inflammation, helminthiasis, and allergies.
Parasitology
Trichomonas Vaginalis in Urogenital Smears: Morphology & Detection
Learn the morphology of Trichomonas vaginalis during microscopy of stained urogenital smears, including criteria for detection and the cytological picture.
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.
Hematology
Emperipolesis Phenomenon in Bone Marrow Smear
Emperipolesis in bone marrow smear: intact cell penetration into megakaryocyte cytoplasm. Morphology and clinical significance of the finding.
Clinical cases
Endocervical Adenocarcinoma in Cervical Cytology
Cytological features of endocervical adenocarcinoma of the cervix: papillary structures of tumor cells with a fibrovascular core in the smear.
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.