Lab test interpretation
Uric Acid Crystals in Urine Sediment: Microscopy
Morphology of uric acid crystals in urine sediment at pH 5.5. Microscopic examination of native preparation: rhomboid forms and rosettes at 400x magnification.
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Microscopy
Lab test interpretation
Microscopy Challenge: Elements in a Vaginal Flora Smear
A clinical case study on vaginal flora smear microscopy in a 25-year-old patient. Methylene blue stain, 100x objective. What elements are visible in the preparation?
Lab test interpretation
Epithelial Casts in Urine: Causes and Morphology
What epithelial casts in urine sediment mean: formation mechanism, microscopy, association with acute tubular necrosis and toxic kidney damage.
Lab test interpretation
Triple Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Morphology
Explore the morphology of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals in urine sediment at ×400 magnification. Understand the diagnostic significance of struvite crystalluria in urinalysis.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy: A Diagnostic Exercise
A diagnostic exercise on laboratory examination of urine sediment: identify structures found during light microscopy of a native preparation.
Parasitology
Corynosoma strumosum Eggs and Larvae: Microscopic Features
Microscopic characteristics of Corynosoma strumosum eggs and larvae in stool and fish tissues: morphological features of the parasite and human infection routes.
Parasitology
Case Study: Identifying a Mite in a Facial Skin Scrape
A clinical case: a patient with facial erythema underwent a skin scrape for Demodex. Microscopy revealed a mite. Try to identify the parasite.
Lab test interpretation
Helicobacter pylori Detection in Gastric Cytology
Detecting Helicobacter pylori in gastric mucosal cytology: microscopic signs of colonization, diagnostic methods, and clinical aspects of the infection.
Parasitology
Trichomonas Vaginalis in Cervical Cytology: Detection & Morphology
Learn about the features of detection and morphology of Trichomonas vaginalis in cervical cytology using Papanicolaou staining (Pap test).
Hematology
Identifying a Macrotrombocyte in Bone Marrow Aspirate
Morphological differential diagnosis of large platelets, cell fragments, and inclusions in bone marrow aspirate from an anemic adolescent.
Clinical cases
Gonorrhea Diagnosis: Intracellular Diplococci in Smear
Microscopic image of a smear in acute gonorrhea: neutrophil clusters and phagocytized intracellular Neisseria gonorrhoeae diplococci.
Lab test interpretation
Renal Epithelial Cells and Cell Complexes in Urine Sediment
Microscopy of urine sediment in a child: differential diagnosis of renal epithelial cell clusters amidst a moderate amount of uric acid crystals.