Hematology
Artifacts and Inclusions in Lymphocyte Cytoplasm
How to distinguish true cytoplasmic inclusions from fixation and staining artifacts in a blood smear: morphological features and differential diagnosis.
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Morphology
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Metastasis: Cytological Picture
A clinical case of solid tumor metastasis to the bone marrow in a patient suspected of acute hemoblastosis: myelogram analysis and cell morphology.
Oncohematology
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Blood Count & Smear
Clinical case of a 67-year-old female patient with leukocytosis (111×10⁹/L): morphology of mature lymphocytes and Botkin-Gumprecht shadows, suspecting CLL.
Oncohematology
Hairy Cell Leukemia: Blood Picture and Cell Morphology
A clinical case of hairy cell leukemia: leukocytosis up to 99.6×10⁹/L, morphology of hairy cells in a blood smear, and analyzer scattergram.
Hematology
Identifying Basophils in Peripheral Blood Smears
Learn to identify basophils in peripheral blood smears: characteristic granulation, nuclear shape, and differential diagnosis from other leukocytes.
Oncohematology
Blastemia in Peripheral Blood in Acute Leukemia
Clinical case of blastemia in a 90-year-old female patient: leukocytosis 81.9×10⁹/L, 35% blasts in peripheral blood, and cell morphology with Romanowsky stain.
Oncohematology
Acute Leukemia: 48% Blasts in Peripheral Blood
A 90-year-old female patient's complete blood count: leukocytosis 22.7×10⁹/L, thrombocytopenia, severe anemia, and 48% blast cells in the peripheral blood smear.
Oncohematology
Blast Morphology in Peripheral Blood Smear
Clinical case review: differential diagnosis of binucleated blasts and large granular lymphocytes in a peripheral blood smear from a 68-year-old woman.
Lab test interpretation
Pleural Fluid Cytology in Pleurisy and COVID-19
Morphological examination of a pleural fluid smear from a patient with pleurisy and COVID-19: differential diagnosis of effusion cells by microscopy.
Hematology
Emperipolesis in Bone Marrow Megakaryocytes
Morphological picture of emperipolesis in a bone marrow smear: intact hematopoietic cells within the cytoplasm of a megakaryocyte. Clinical case of an 83-year-old female patient.
Hematology
Bone Marrow Cell Morphology: Promyelocyte and Macrophage
Cytological picture of bone marrow aspirate: identification of promyelocyte, eosinophilic myelocyte, and phagocytosing macrophage by light microscopy.
Oncohematology
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Blood and Bone Marrow Picture
Clinical case of chronic myeloid leukemia: hyperleukocytosis 331 thousand/µL, blood cell morphology and myelogram, leukocyte differential shift to blasts.