Hematology
Bone Marrow Morphology: Assessing Cellular Composition
How to evaluate a bone marrow smear without patient history: differentiating hematopoietic lineages, cellularity, and maturation signs of granulocytes and normoblasts.
Tag
Morphology
Hematology
Plasma Cell Morphology and Atypical Forms
Morphological variants of plasma cells: flaming plasma cells, Mott cells with Russell bodies, and atypical forms with rod-like inclusions.
Oncohematology
Bone Marrow Blasts in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Study
A 59-year-old female patient presents with leukopenia and anemia. This case study examines the morphology of large blasts with basophilic cytoplasm in the bone marrow during acute leukemia.
Oncohematology
Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia: Monoblasts and Promonocytes
Morphological features of acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AML M4): diagnostic criteria for differentiating monoblasts and promonocytes in a blood smear.
Oncohematology
Cytoplasmic Inclusions in Neoplastic Lymphocytes
Morphological features of rare cytoplasmic filamentous inclusions in lymphoid cells in lymphoproliferative disorders: Löffler's atlas.
Hematology
Giant Proerythroblast in Parvovirus B19 Infection
Bone marrow morphology in parvovirus B19 infection: characteristics of giant proerythroblasts, erythropoiesis features, and laboratory diagnostics.
Clinical cases
Squamous Epithelium Hyperkeratosis in Cervical Cytology
Cytological signs of squamous epithelium hyperkeratosis of the cervix: clusters of anucleated keratinized scales in a smear from a 39-year-old woman. Microscopic findings.
Lab test interpretation
Spermogram Challenge: Kruger Morphology Assessment
Clinical case on spermogram: identify sperm with an abnormal head according to Kruger's criteria. Semen microscopy based on WHO guidelines.
Oncohematology
Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg Cells in Cytology
Features of cytological diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma: differentiation of classic binucleated Reed-Sternberg cells and mononucleated Hodgkin cells.
Hematology
Hematology Exercise: Reactive Lymphocytes in Blood Smear
A practical exercise in leukocyte morphology: identify which numbered cell in the peripheral blood smear is not a reactive lymphocyte.
Hematology
Erythroblast Count in Blood Smear: A Hematology Exercise
An interactive exercise on blood cell morphology: determine the number of nucleated erythrocyte precursors (erythroblasts) in the provided gallery.
Oncohematology
Blast vs. Lymphocyte: Morphology in Blood Smear
Criteria for differential diagnosis of blast cells and mature lymphocytes in a blood smear: chromatin structure, nucleoli, and cytoplasm for clinical laboratory diagnostics specialists.