Lab test interpretation
Erythrocytes in Stool: Microscopic Picture of Coprogram
Stool microscopy for positive occult blood: detection of unchanged erythrocytes in a coprogram smear at 400x magnification. Learn more.
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Microscopy
Clinical cases
Fungal Keratitis: Yeast-like Fungi in Corneal Scrapings
A clinical case of fungal keratitis: microscopy of corneal ulcer scrapings, May-Grünwald stain, revealing yeast-like fungal spores and pseudomycelia.
Lab test interpretation
Striated Muscle Fibers in Stool: Lab Hematology School
Microscopy of stool: undigested striated muscle fibers (creatorrhea). Diagnostic significance in coprogram analysis. Learn more about stool analysis.
Lab test interpretation
Calcium Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Microscopy
Morphology of neutral calcium phosphate crystals in urine sediment: prisms and rosettes under light microscopy at 400x magnification.
Lab test interpretation
Indigestible Plant Fiber in Coprogram Analysis
Microscopic view of undigested plant fiber in stool. Morphological features of plant cells in coprogram at 400x magnification.
Lab test interpretation
History of Urine Microscopy: First Description of Crystals
Explore the history of urine sediment microscopy: how Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc first examined crystals in urine under a microscope in 1630. Materials on urinalysis.
Parasitology
Morphology of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciolopsis buski Eggs
Morphology of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciolopsis buski eggs: over 100 µm, operculum detection, and differentiation from similar helminth eggs.
Parasitology
Parasitology Case: Helminth Eggs in Stool Sample
A diagnostic exercise on stool microscopy from a patient with chronic abdominal pain and weight loss. Identify the parasite species by egg morphology.
Lab test interpretation
Coprogram: Fatty Acids and Neutral Fat in Stool
Stool microscopy in steatorrhea. Differentiation of neutral fat and fatty acids with methylene blue staining in coprogram at 400x magnification.
Clinical cases
Hair Microscopy in Trichophytosis: Ectothrix-Type Spores
Microscopic findings of hair infection in trichophytosis. Ectothrix-type fungal spore arrangement, absence of Wood's lamp fluorescence, 400x magnification.
Lab test interpretation
Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Urine Sediment at pH 5.5
Morphology of crystals in urine sediment with an acidic reaction (pH 5.5): differential diagnosis of calcium oxalate monohydrate and dihydrate during microscopy.
Parasitology
Morphology of Ascaris lumbricoides Eggs in Feces
Microscopic characteristics and differential diagnosis of fertilized Ascaris lumbricoides eggs in a native fecal smear in ascariasis.