Hematology
Ring-shaped Neutrophil Nuclei in Equine Blood Smears
Leukocyte morphology features: formation of ring-shaped neutrophil nuclei in severe salmonellosis in horses, observed in peripheral blood smears.
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Blood Smear
Oncohematology
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: A Case of Leukemization
A clinical case of DLBCL leukemization: morphology of atypical lymphocytes in blood, immunophenotyping by flow cytometry, and lymph node biopsy.
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.
Hematology
Chédiak–Higashi Syndrome: Neutrophil Morphology
Learn about Chédiak–Higashi Syndrome: LYST gene mutation, giant granules in neutrophils on blood smear microscopy, and partial albinism.
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.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Morphology in Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathies
Peripheral blood smears in beta-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and hemoglobinopathies C and E: HbC crystals, sickle and target cells.
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).
Laboratory methods
Shubich Method: Granulocyte Cationic Protein Detection
The principle of Shubich's cytochemical reaction with bromophenol blue: detecting cationic lysosomal proteins as granules in the cytoplasm of blood neutrophils.
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.