Parasitology
Microfilariae in Blood Smear: Diagnosing Dirofilariasis
Detection of microfilariae in peripheral blood smears in cutaneous and cardiac dirofilariasis. Features of differential morphological diagnosis of larvae.
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Blood Smear
Oncohematology
Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia: Monoblasts and Promonocytes
Morphological features of acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AML M4): diagnostic criteria for differentiating monoblasts and promonocytes in a blood smear.
Hematology
Hematology Exercise: Reactive Lymphocytes in Blood Smear
A practical exercise in leukocyte morphology: identify which numbered cell in the peripheral blood smear is not a reactive lymphocyte.
Hematology
May-Hegglin Anomaly in Peripheral Blood Smear
Morphological features of May-Hegglin anomaly in a child's blood smear: giant platelets and Döhle body-like inclusions in neutrophil cytoplasm.
Hematology
Erythroblast Count in Blood Smear: A Hematology Exercise
An interactive exercise on blood cell morphology: determine the number of nucleated erythrocyte precursors (erythroblasts) in the provided gallery.
Oncohematology
Blast vs. Lymphocyte: Morphology in Blood Smear
Criteria for differential diagnosis of blast cells and mature lymphocytes in a blood smear: chromatin structure, nucleoli, and cytoplasm for clinical laboratory diagnostics specialists.
Hematology
Large Granular Lymphocyte in Blood Smear
Morphology of a large granular lymphocyte in mycoplasma infection: cytotoxic granules moving into a cytoplasmic protrusion in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Blast Morphology in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Atypical blast forms in acute myeloid leukemia: Auer rods, hand-mirror cells, cup-like morphology, and flower-shaped nuclei in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Mixed-Phenotype Acute Leukemia: Blast Cytomorphology
Morphological features of blasts in mixed-phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL): lymphoblasts and promonocytes in a blood smear according to the 2022 WHO classification.
Hematology
Pelger-Huët Anomaly: How to Report in Lab Results
How laboratories should report complete blood count results in Pelger-Huët anomaly: neutrophil morphology and specific reporting guidelines.
Hematology
Fungi in Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow Smears
Morphology of fungi in hematological preparations: Aspergillus in blood, Fusarium spores, and contaminants in bone marrow aspirate.
Hematology
Cabot Rings in Peripheral Blood Smear: Morphology & Causes
Explore Cabot rings in peripheral blood erythrocytes: their morphological features, causes in anemias, and diagnostic significance.