Parasitology
Malaria Parasites in Blood Smears and Thick Blood Films
Microscopic diagnosis of malaria: morphology of Plasmodium stages in thin blood smears and thick blood films. Examples from archived slides.
Tag
Blood Smear
Hematology
Candidemia: Yeast Fungi Detection in Blood Smear
Clinical case of candidemia in an ICU patient: Candida cell morphology in peripheral blood, phagocytosis, and hemogram data.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Inclusions: Cabot Rings & Howell-Jolly Bodies
Morphology of pathological erythrocyte inclusions: diagnostic significance of Cabot rings, Howell-Jolly bodies, basophilic stippling, and macrocytosis in blood smears.
Hemostasis
Platelet satellitism: causes of spurious thrombocytopenia
Platelet satellitism is an EDTA-dependent phenomenon of platelet adhesion to neutrophils. Causes and significance for diagnosing pseudothrombocytopenia.
Hematology
Eosinophilic Leukemoid Reaction: Blood Smear Morphology
A clinical case of eosinophilic leukemoid reaction. Eosinophil morphology in a blood smear with levels elevated to 66% and 9.64×10⁹/L.
Oncohematology
Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN)
A clinical case of BPDCN mimicking lymphoma: cell morphology in blood smear, immunophenotyping (CD56, CD123), and molecular diagnostics.
Hemostasis
Macrothrombocytes and Giant Platelets in Blood Smears
An atlas of macrothrombocytes and giant platelets in peripheral blood smears. Morphological features of platelets under immersion microscopy.
Hematology
Normoblasts in Neonatal Peripheral Blood: A Case Study
Microscopy of peripheral blood smear from a 1-day-old neonate: identification of normoblasts (erythroblasts) and assessment of the physiological blood picture.
Hematology
Atypical Mononuclear Cells in Infectious Mononucleosis
Peripheral blood smear microscopy in infectious mononucleosis: morphology of reactive lymphocytes (atypical mononuclear cells). Cell examples.
Hematology
Reactive Lymphocytes & Atypical Mononuclear Cells in Blood Smear
Morphological features of reactive lymphocytes (atypical mononuclear cells) in a peripheral blood smear from a 17-year-old patient with lymphocytosis.
Oncohematology
Blasts in a Child's Blood Smear: Suspecting Acute Leukemia
Detection of 20% blasts in a peripheral blood smear from a 1-year-old child. Morphological features of blast cells in the diagnosis of acute leukemias in pediatrics.
Hematology
Neutrophil Hypersegmentation: Causes and Diagnostic Criteria
Criteria for neutrophil hypersegmentation in blood smears. Diagnostic significance in vitamin B12 deficiency, folic acid deficiency, MDS, and other pathologies.