Hematology
Neutrophil Vacuolization: Causes and Clinical Significance
What neutrophil vacuolization in a blood smear means: a marker of severe bacterial infection, sepsis, or an artifact of prolonged EDTA sample storage.
Tag
Morphology
Hematology
Cabot Rings in Erythrocytes: Morphology and Diagnostics
What are Cabot rings in erythrocytes? Morphological features, causes of appearance in megaloblastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
Hematology
Emperipolesis in Megakaryocytes: Bone Marrow Cytology
The phenomenon of emperipolesis in bone marrow: active penetration of intact cells into the megakaryocyte cytoplasm in a puncture smear.
Hematology
Toxic Granulation of Neutrophils: Causes and Morphology
What toxic granulation of neutrophils in a blood smear means. Mechanism of granule formation, connection to infection severity, sepsis, and clinical significance.
Hematology
Pelger-Huët Anomaly: Blood Smear Morphology
A clinical case of hereditary Pelger-Huët anomaly. Morphological features of neutrophil nuclear hyposegmentation in peripheral blood.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Plasmacytic Infiltration in Myeloma
Morphological features of bone marrow in multiple myeloma: criteria for total plasmacytic infiltration and atypical plasma cells in cytology.
Hematology
Bone Marrow Promyelocytes in Autoimmune Neutropenia
Morphological features of promyelocytes and bone marrow aspirate in agranulocytosis and autoimmune neutropenia with granulopoiesis hyperplasia.
Hematology
Basophilic Stippling of Erythrocytes in Blood Smear
What basophilic stippling of erythrocytes in a blood smear means: diagnostic significance in thalassemia, lead poisoning, and sideroblastic anemias.
Clinical cases
Cytological Features of Axillary Melanoma Cells
Cytological findings of confirmed axillary melanoma: polymorphic atypical cells, eccentric nuclei, prominent nucleoli, and pigment observed in the smear.
Hematology
Microscopy Exercise: Identify Three Blood Smear Cells
A practical exercise in laboratory hematology: microscopy of a peripheral blood smear and differentiation of three leukocytes based on their morphological features.
Hematology
Erythrocyte Chromia: Normochromia, Hypochromia, Hyperchromia
Morphological assessment of erythrocytes in peripheral blood smears: signs of normochromia, hypochromia, and hyperchromia in the differential diagnosis of anemias.
Hematology
Radial Aggregation of Red Blood Cells in Peripheral Blood Smear
Unusual fan-shaped arrangement and aggregation of red blood cells in a blood smear: differential diagnosis of preparation artifacts and pathological clusters.