Hematology
Identifying Basophils in Peripheral Blood Smears
Learn to identify basophils in peripheral blood smears: characteristic granulation, nuclear shape, and differential diagnosis from other leukocytes.
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Blood Smear
Parasitology
Microfilariae Suspicion vs. Artifacts in Blood Smear
Unusual spiral inclusion in a peripheral blood smear: differential diagnosis of microfilariae and laboratory artifacts in light microscopy.
Oncohematology
Blast Morphology in Peripheral Blood Smear
Clinical case review: differential diagnosis of binucleated blasts and large granular lymphocytes in a peripheral blood smear from a 68-year-old woman.
Oncohematology
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Blasts with Auer Rods
Clinical case of acute myeloid leukemia: leukocytosis 207×10⁹/L, 92% blasts in blood smear, Auer rods, comparison of manual and automated staining.
Oncohematology
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Blood and Bone Marrow Picture
Clinical case of chronic myeloid leukemia: hyperleukocytosis 331 thousand/µL, blood cell morphology and myelogram, leukocyte differential shift to blasts.
Oncohematology
Crystalline Inclusions in Lymphocyte Cytoplasm
Clinical case: crystalline inclusions in lymphocytes and cytolysis cells in peripheral blood in a 67-year-old woman with a lymphoproliferative disorder.
Hematology
Howell-Jolly Bodies & Cabot Rings: Morphology in Blood Smear
Morphology of erythrocyte inclusions: characteristics of Howell-Jolly bodies and Cabot rings in peripheral blood smears, their causes, and clinical significance.
Hematology
Unusual Erythrocyte Morphology Artifacts in Blood Smears
Erythrocyte morphology and artifacts in peripheral blood smears: evaluating cell shape, causes of artifactual clearings and fixation defects.
Oncohematology
Megakaryocyte Nuclear Fragments in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Detection of megakaryocyte nuclear fragments in peripheral blood smears in chronic myeloid leukemia. Morphological features and microscopy.
Oncohematology
Acute Leukemia: Blood Count Dynamics and Blasts in Smear
A clinical case of acute leukemia manifestation: transformation from leukopenia to leukocytosis with the appearance of blasts in peripheral blood over a month.
Oncohematology
Prolymphocytic Transformation of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
A case of CLL transformation to prolymphocytic leukemia: leukocytosis increased to 162×10⁹/L in 4 months, with up to 40% prolymphocytes in blood smear.
Oncohematology
Hairy Cell Leukemia: Cell Morphology in Blood Smear
A clinical case of hairy cell leukemia: morphology of neoplastic lymphocytes in peripheral blood smear, including scalloped and filiform cell forms.