Hematology
Pelger-Huët Anomaly: Blood Smear Morphology
A clinical case of hereditary Pelger-Huët anomaly. Morphological features of neutrophil nuclear hyposegmentation in peripheral blood.
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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.
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
Ring-shaped Neutrophil Nuclei in Feline Blood Smear
Morphology of neutrophils with ring-shaped nuclei during a left shift in the leukocyte differential count. Microscopy of a feline peripheral blood smear at 1000x magnification.
Hematology
Polychromatophilia in a Peripheral Blood Smear
What polychromatophilia of erythrocytes in a blood smear means: causes of polychromatophils, connection with reticulocytosis and enhanced erythropoiesis.
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.
Hematology
Niemann-Pick Disease: Storage Cells in Bone Marrow
A clinical case of Niemann-Pick disease in a 4-year-old child: morphology of foamy storage cells in a bone marrow aspirate smear.
Hematology
Gaucher Cells in Bone Marrow Smear of a Child
Gaucher cells found in the bone marrow of a 2-year-old child with splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, and anemia. Morphological features and clinical picture.
Hematology
Granulocyte Differentiation: From Promyelocyte to Mature Forms
Features of granulocytopoiesis: why promyelocytes do not differentiate by cell lines and at what stage of granulocyte maturation specific granules appear.
Hematology
Knizocytes in Blood Smear: Morphology and Diagnostics
What are knizocytes, how do red blood cells with two concavities look in a blood smear, and what pathologies do they indicate? Diagnosis in hemoglobinopathies.