Lab test interpretation
Uric Acid Crystals in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Microscopy of urine sediment: detection of characteristic rhomboid uric acid crystals and their aggregates. Causes and clinical significance of crystalluria.
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Microscopy
Lab test interpretation
Coccobacillary Flora in Cervical Smear: Microscopic Findings
Microscopy of a cervical smear reveals abundant coccobacillary microflora, leukocyte clusters, and squamous epithelial cells, indicative of inflammation.
Parasitology
Opisthorchis Eggs in Bile During Duodenal Intubation
Microscopy of bile during duodenal intubation: detection of Opisthorchis felineus eggs to confirm the laboratory diagnosis of opisthorchiasis.
Lab test interpretation
Curschmann's Spirals in Native Sputum Preparation
Microscopic examination of native sputum preparation: discovery of Curschmann's spiral at 40x magnification in a pneumonia patient.
Parasitology
Morphology of Toxocara canis Eggs and Adult Worms
Explore the microscopy and macromorphology of Toxocara canis: adult nematodes and characteristic thick-shelled eggs at 100× and 400× magnification in veterinary practice.
Lab test interpretation
Triple Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Struvite Morphology
Morphology of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals and amorphous phosphates in urine sediment at alkaline pH. Microscopic findings in a general urine analysis.
Lab test interpretation
Synovial Fluid Microscopy in Purulent Arthritis
Cytological findings in synovial fluid during purulent arthritis: neutrophil aggregates and prominent bacterial flora in a stained smear.
Clinical cases
Rare Morphological Findings in Biomaterial Microscopy
Microscopic findings in clinical diagnostic laboratories: botryoid neutrophil segmentation, karyorrhexis, blast with Auer rods, signet ring cells, and uric acid crystals.
Parasitology
Morphology of Bertiella sp. Egg in Lab Diagnostics
Microscopic examination of Bertiella sp. eggs isolated from a proglottid: morphological features of the oncosphere and diagnostic hooks of the parasite.
Lab test interpretation
Amyloid Bodies in Ejaculate with Azoospermia
Microscopic examination of ejaculate in cases of azoospermia and leukospermia: detection of prostatic amyloid bodies in a native preparation at ×400 magnification.
Lab test interpretation
Creola Bodies in Sputum in Bronchial Asthma
Morphology of Creola bodies in native sputum smears in bronchial asthma: clusters of ciliated columnar epithelium under microscopy.
Parasitology
Morphology of Trichomonas Vaginalis in a Vaginal Smear
Microscopic appearance of Trichomonas vaginalis in a stained smear: eccentric nuclei, axostyle, and flagella of protozoa amidst epithelium and microflora.