Hematology
Differential Diagnosis of Iron Metabolism Disorders
Comparative table of iron and heme metabolism disorders: IDA, anemia of chronic disease, hemochromatosis, sideroblastic anemia, and porphyrias.
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Severe Neutropenia in a Child: A Clinical Case Study
Clinical case: a one-year-old child presents with agranulocytosis, rash, and fever. Evaluate the complete blood count, possible causes, and emergency measures.
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Granulocyte Morphology in Bone Marrow Smears
Stages of granulocytic maturation in bone marrow: morphology of myelocytes, metamyelocytes, and mature granulocytes under microscopy.
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Evans Syndrome: Hemolytic Anemia Blood Smear Morphology
Blood smear morphology in Evans Syndrome: severe hemolysis, polychromasia, basophilic stippling, Howell-Jolly bodies, and normoblasts in peripheral blood.
Hematology
Diagnostic Algorithm for Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia
Laboratory algorithm for differential diagnosis of microcytic hypochromic anemias: ferritin, iron, TIBC, and transferrin saturation.
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Mechanisms of MCV Changes: Microcytosis and Macrocytosis
Diagram of mean corpuscular volume (MCV) changes. Pathogenesis of microcytosis and macrocytosis in iron deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, folate deficiency, and liver pathologies.
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Alder-Reilly Anomaly in Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI
Clinical case of mucopolysaccharidosis type VI: coarse azurophilic granulation of neutrophils and monocytes in a blood smear, arylsulfatase B enzyme deficiency.
Hematology
Exercise: Find the Leukocyte Among Normoblasts in Cell Gallery
Clinical digital microscopy exercise: identify the misclassified leukocyte in a gallery of normoblasts (NRBCs) in hemolytic disease of the newborn.
Hematology
Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia in Blood Smear
A clinical case of congenital dyserythropoietic anemia in a child: erythrocyte morphology, basophilic stippling, and complete blood count parameters.
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Chédiak–Higashi Syndrome in Peripheral Blood Smear
A clinical case of Chédiak–Higashi syndrome in a child: giant granules in the cytoplasm of granulocytes and mononuclear cells in a peripheral blood smear.
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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.
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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.