Hematology
Band Neutrophils in Marked Leukocytosis: A Case Study
Morphological assessment of neutrophils and differentiation of band forms in a peripheral blood smear during marked leukocytosis (WBC 28.3×10⁹/L).
Tag
Blood Smear
Hematology
Mott Cells in Blood Smear: Plasma Cell Morphology
Morphology of Mott cells in a complete blood count. Features of detecting plasma cells with Russell bodies in peripheral smears and scattergrams.
Oncohematology
Morphological Features of Prolymphocytes in Blood Smears
Morphology of prolymphocytes in peripheral blood with Romanowsky staining: differential diagnosis with lymphocytes and blasts in blood smears.
Oncohematology
Prominent Monocytosis and Blasts in Peripheral Blood Smear
A clinical case of leukocytosis (35.3×10⁹/L) with anemia and 66.5% monocytosis: morphological evaluation of suspicious mononuclear cells and blasts in a peripheral blood smear.
Hematology
Atypical Mononuclear Cells in Infectious Mononucleosis
A 19-year-old patient with infectious mononucleosis: leukocytosis, analyzer scattergram, and reactive lymphocyte morphology in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Neutropenia as a Harbinger of Acute Leukemia: A Case Study
A clinical case of acute leukemia onset in a 30-year-old female patient: dynamics of complete blood count from neutropenia to 61% blasts in the blood smear.
Hematology
Normoblastosis in CBC: Counting and Morphology
Assessment of normoblastosis in CBC: over 100 normoblasts per 100 leukocytes, hematology analyzer scattergram, and blood smear morphology in anemia.
Hematology
Artifacts and Inclusions in Lymphocyte Cytoplasm
How to distinguish true cytoplasmic inclusions from fixation and staining artifacts in a blood smear: morphological features and differential diagnosis.
Laboratory methods
Blood Smear Artifacts from Underfilled EDTA Tubes
How excess EDTA in small blood volumes distorts analyzer scattergrams and cell morphology: echinocytes, nuclear pyknosis, and endothelial aggregates.
Oncohematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Blood Count & Smear
Clinical case of a 67-year-old female patient with leukocytosis (111×10⁹/L): morphology of mature lymphocytes and Botkin-Gumprecht shadows, suspecting CLL.
Hematology
Bacteria in Blood Smear in Sepsis: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Clinical case of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in sepsis during COVID-19: morphology of bacteria in blood smear and complete blood count dynamics.
Oncohematology
Hairy Cell Leukemia: Blood Picture and Cell Morphology
A clinical case of hairy cell leukemia: leukocytosis up to 99.6×10⁹/L, morphology of hairy cells in a blood smear, and analyzer scattergram.