Lab test interpretation
Double-Headed Spermatozoa in Ejaculate Microscopy
Morphological assessment of spermatozoa in ejaculate examination: identification of pathological forms with double heads using hematoxylin and eosin staining.
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Microscopy
Hematology
Hematology Case: Identifying Cells in a Blood Smear
A diagnostic challenge in blood smear microscopy for a 41-year-old woman. Evaluate leukocyte morphology, analyzer data, and the DIFF scattergram.
Lab test interpretation
Alternaria Fungal Spores in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Learn to identify Alternaria fungal spores in urine sediment. Understand why finding conidia is an artifact with no diagnostic significance.
Lab test interpretation
Calcium Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Morphology
Morphology of calcium phosphate crystals in urine sediment microscopy: differentiation of dibasic and monobasic forms, rosettes, needles, and plates.
Lab test interpretation
Drug Crystals in Coprogram: Identification and Differential Diagnosis
Morphology of drug crystals during fecal microscopy in coprogram: features of identification and differential diagnosis of elements.
Parasitology
Entamoeba Histolytica Trophozoites in Stool Sample
Microscopic identification of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites in a wet mount stool sample stained with Lugol's iodine solution.
Lab test interpretation
Urine Sediment Microscopy: Crystalluria and Tumor Cells
Peculiarities of urine sediment microscopy: detection of calcium oxalate crystals in general clinical analysis and adenocarcinoma cells in cytology.
Lab test interpretation
Crystals in Urine Sediment: Types, Norm, and Pathology
Varieties of crystals in urine sediment during microscopy: oxalates, urates, phosphates, cystine, cholesterol, and drug crystals in urinalysis.
Lab test interpretation
Neutral Fat in Stool: Sudan III Staining for Steatorrhea
Stool microscopy in coprogram: detection of neutral fat droplets using Sudan III staining for laboratory diagnosis of steatorrhea.
Parasitology
Case Study: Detecting Trichomonas Vaginalis in a Flora Smear
A practical exercise in flora smear microscopy: evaluate a methylene blue-stained preparation and count Trichomonas in the provided fields of view.
Lab test interpretation
Saliva Fern Sign for Ovulation Detection: Microscopic View
Evaluating the fern sign phenomenon in dried saliva for ovulation detection: microscopic images during fertile and non-fertile days of the menstrual cycle.
Clinical cases
Cytology of Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland
Cytological features of medullary carcinoma in thyroid fine-needle aspirate: cell pleomorphism, spindle shapes, clusters, and eccentric nuclei.