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Uric Acid Crystals in Urinalysis: Microscopy Features
Explore the morphology of uric acid crystals and hyaline casts in urine sediment microscopy, focusing on a rheumatology patient with hyperuricemia.
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Eosinophils in Urine Sediment in Dermatitis Herpetiformis
A clinical case of eosinophiluria in a patient with Duhring's dermatitis: cytological picture and morphology of eosinophils in stained urine sediment.
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Sputum Smear: Ziehl-Neelsen Stain
Detection of acid-fast Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum smears. Microscopic findings after Ziehl-Neelsen staining in a clinical laboratory.
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Uric Acid Crystals in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Microscopy of urine sediment: detection of characteristic rhomboid uric acid crystals and their aggregates. Causes and clinical significance of crystalluria.
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Coccobacillary Flora in Cervical Smear: Microscopic Findings
Microscopy of a cervical smear reveals abundant coccobacillary microflora, leukocyte clusters, and squamous epithelial cells, indicative of inflammation.
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Curschmann's Spirals in Native Sputum Preparation
Microscopic examination of native sputum preparation: discovery of Curschmann's spiral at 40x magnification in a pneumonia patient.
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Green Urine After Propofol: Causes of Discoloration
Why urine turns green after propofol infusion. Mechanism of drug metabolite excretion and differential diagnosis in the clinical diagnostic laboratory.
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Triple Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Struvite Morphology
Morphology of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals and amorphous phosphates in urine sediment at alkaline pH. Microscopic findings in a general urine analysis.
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Synovial Fluid Microscopy in Purulent Arthritis
Cytological findings in synovial fluid during purulent arthritis: neutrophil aggregates and prominent bacterial flora in a stained smear.
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Amyloid Bodies in Ejaculate with Azoospermia
Microscopic examination of ejaculate in cases of azoospermia and leukospermia: detection of prostatic amyloid bodies in a native preparation at ×400 magnification.
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Creola Bodies in Sputum in Bronchial Asthma
Morphology of Creola bodies in native sputum smears in bronchial asthma: clusters of ciliated columnar epithelium under microscopy.
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Clue Cells in Vaginal Smear: Diagnostics and Morphology
Morphology of clue cells in a gynecological vaginal smear. Signs of bacterial vaginosis, bacterial adhesion to epithelium, and laboratory diagnostics.