Lab test interpretation
Malassezia Fungi Morphology in Skin Scrapes by Microscopy
Microscopy features of Malassezia fungi in skin scrapes: characteristic unipolar budding of yeast cells in a 20% potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparation.
Tag
Microscopy
Parasitology
Diagnosing Demodicosis: Demodex Mites Under the Microscope
Laboratory detection of Demodex folliculorum mites by microscopy of a native eyelash preparation. Morphological features of the parasite in demodicosis diagnosis.
Hematology
Mott Cells in Smear: Plasma Cells with Russell Bodies
Morphological features of Mott cells: plasma cells with multiple immunoglobulin inclusions (Russell bodies) in the cytoplasm during smear microscopy.
Parasitology
Dipylidium Caninum Morphology and Dipylidiasis Diagnosis
Laboratory diagnosis of dipylidiasis: morphology of the cucumber tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum), microscopy of scolex, proglottids, and egg capsules in stool.
Parasitology
Diphyllobothrium latum Eggs in Kato Thick Smear
Characteristic Diphyllobothrium latum eggs in a Kato thick stool smear. Laboratory diagnosis of diphyllobothriasis by microscopy.
Parasitology
Dipylidiasis: Morphology of Dipylidium caninum Eggs in Feces
Microscopic diagnostic features of dipylidiasis: structure of egg capsules and individual Dipylidium caninum eggs in canine, feline, and human feces.
Parasitology
Microscopy of Blastocystis hominis in Stool: Vacuolar Form
Laboratory diagnosis of blastocystosis: microscopy of native stool smear with Lugol's solution, morphological features of Blastocystis hominis vacuolar forms.
Parasitology
Parasitology Exercise: Identify Helminth Egg in Stool
A diagnostic exercise in laboratory parasitology: identify the parasite species based on egg morphology during microscopy of a native stool sample.
Lab test interpretation
Synovial Fluid Cytology: Synoviocyte and Lymphocyte
Morphological features of a synoviocyte and a small lymphocyte against a background of erythrocytes during cytological examination of synovial fluid.
Clinical cases
Parakeratosis in Cervical Cytology Smear
Cytological features of parakeratosis in cervical leukoplakia: squamous epithelial cell morphology, NILM criteria, and microscopic characteristics.
Parasitology
Entamoeba coli Cysts: Morphology and Distinguishing Features
Criteria for identifying Entamoeba coli cysts by microscopy: size, more than four nuclei, eccentric karyosome, and splinter-shaped chromatoid bodies.
Parasitology
Stool Microscopy: Trichuris Egg and Taeniid Oncosphere
Morphological features of Trichuris trichiura egg and taeniid oncosphere in stool microscopy: comparative view and differential diagnosis.