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Parabasal Epithelium in Cervical Cytology: Morphology & Diagnosis
Explore the morphological features of parabasal epithelial cells in cervical smears. Microscopic appearance, cytological diagnosis, and atrophy assessment.
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Cylindrical Epithelium in Urine Sediment During Intoxication
Microscopy of urine sediment in toxic injury: detection of sheets and individual cells of cylindrical epithelium amidst pronounced proteinuria.
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Urothelial Cell Sheet in Urine Sediment with Tumor
Urine sediment microscopy for suspected bladder neoplasm: a cluster of transitional epithelial (urothelial) cells and pronounced hematuria.
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Ammonium Acid Urate Crystals in Urine Sediment
Ammonium acid urate (ammonium biurate) crystals in urine sediment: microscopic appearance at pH 5, morphology, and nomenclature specifics.
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Ammonium Urate and Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Urine
Urine sediment microscopy: identification of ammonium urate crystals ("thorn apple"), calcium oxalates, and associated bacteriuria.
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Active Leukocytes in Urine: Sternheimer-Malbin Cells
Supravital staining method by Pytel and Shapiro for detecting active leukocytes (Sternheimer-Malbin cells) in urine sediment in pyelonephritis.
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Charcot-Leyden Crystals in Stool Microscopy
Detection of Charcot-Leyden crystals in stool microscopy with Lugol's solution. Clinical significance of eosinophil breakdown products in coprograms.
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Undigested Plant Fiber in Coprogram: Sea Buckthorn Berries
Fecal microscopy: undigested plant fiber from sea buckthorn berries in a coprogram. Morphological features of plant elements during analysis.
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Cholesterol Crystals in Coprogram: Microscopic Examination
Morphology of cholesterol crystals in stool during microscopic examination. Causes of detection and diagnostic significance in coprograms.
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Malassezia Fungi Morphology in Skin Scrapes by Microscopy
Microscopy features of Malassezia fungi in skin scrapes: characteristic unipolar budding of yeast cells in a 20% potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparation.
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Synovial Fluid Analysis in Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Laboratory differences in synovial fluid in arthritis and osteoarthritis: cytosis, cell composition, phagocyte count, and protein concentration in synovium.
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Synovial Fluid Cytology: Synoviocyte and Lymphocyte
Morphological features of a synoviocyte and a small lymphocyte against a background of erythrocytes during cytological examination of synovial fluid.