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Earlier in the week a couple of blood film images were shared as part of this week's Morphology Monday...
A middle aged traveller presented with mild, recurring fevers and general malaise several weeks and a...
The blood film shows a genuine thrombocytopaenia, with a leukocytosis comprising predominantly of promyelocytes...
This week's Morphology Monday case is from a 57 year old who presented to the emergency department.
The findings are in keeping with a lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD). Given the predominance of prolymphocytes,...
This week’s case comes from a 62-year-old female whose sample was flagged by the analyser, but interestingly,...
The case underlines how multiple comorbidities can converge to produce complex red cell morphology.
This week’s case comes from a patient with a complex clinical background. The patient presented with...
The blood film, stained with a supravital stain, revealed distinctive “golf ball” inclusions, blue precipitates...
This week’s case comes from a 35-year-old patient who presented with fatigue, mild shortness of breath...
The overall findings were consistent with Plasmodium ovale infection, one of the less common species...
Following on from the foundations laid in Session 1: Tools of the Trade, and applications of those key...
This week’s case comes from a 29-year-old male who returned from a recent trip abroad. He presented to...
The blood film demonstrated striking red cell fragmentation with marked anisopoikilocytosis, microspherocytes,...
This week's Morphology Monday comes from a 6 year old child who has been experiencing chronic anaemia...
The blood film showed red cell fragmentation with schistocytes and occasional microspherocytes. ADAMTS13...
This week’s case comes from a 35-year-old male who presented with fatigue and pallor, easy bruising,...
In this final session of the ABID webinar series, we’ll explore some of the more unusual and challenging...
This week’s case explored a blood film from a patient with known multiple myeloma, now presenting with...
Following on from the foundations laid in Session 1: Tools of the Trade, this session focused on applying...
This week's case comes from a 69 year old male presenting with a increasing fatigue and back back over...
This week’s Morphology Monday case features a patient with known Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Registration is now open for Session 2 of the Antibody Identification (ABID) Webinar Series: Putting...
This week’s Morphology Monday case comes from a 26-year-old individual with a known history of anaemia...
The findings are highly suggestive of an acute leukaemia, and given the age of the patient it raises...
This week’s case features a 14-year-old male who had just celebrated his birthday when he presented to...
These findings raised the possibility of a haemoglobinopathy. Given the red cell morphology and raised...
We’re thrilled to have kicked off our three-part webinar series on Antibody Identification (ABID). In...
This week’s Morphology Monday features a 60-year-old female with a history of chronic anaemia and persistent...
This week’s case featured a patient with Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma (SMZL) a rare, indolent B-cell...
...a patient who presented with fatigue and splenomegaly on examination. Routine bloods showed a significant...
The findings pointed toward a diagnosis of megaloblastic anaemia, in this case most likely due to vitamin...
Patient went to their GP and presented with fatigue and shortness of breath.
The findings are strongly suggestive of acute leukaemia of myeloid origin, though further flow cytometry...
a patient who presented with a gastrointestinal (GI) bleed and was started on tranexamic acid (TXA) as...
This week’s case focused on an adult male with a platelet count in the 54×0⁹/L, identified during routine...
Session 1: Tools of the Trade will provide a solid foundation in the basic techniques and principles...
Today’s case involves an adult male whose blood film was reviewed following an unexpected finding on...
CML is a myeloproliferative neoplasm driven by the BCR:ABL1 fusion gene
Case from an 80 something year old male who arrived with fatigue, early satiety, and notable weight...
Blood film showing platelets clustering around neutrophils. This week’s Morphology Monday case...
While assessing the film, an interesting phenomenon was noted, one that can influence how we interpret...
I explore where automation falls short and why human interpretation remains essential in spotting artefacts,...
Infectious mononucleosis (IM), also known as glandular fever, is a common clinical presentation in adolescents...
Special Morphology Monday feature published in The Biomedical Scientist
While band forms are classically linked to P. malariae, morphological overlap can occur, and a confident...
Howell-Jolly bodies are small, round inclusions
Malaria disproportionately affects children under five and pregnant women, especially in sub-Saharan...
Only Cells hosted another successful Webinar titled "Haemoglobinopathies - the small details that make...
Cryoglobulins are abnormal antibodies (immunoglobulins) that precipitate or become insoluble at low...
dawn of unknown paths
What some might perceive as "difficult" or "stubborn" in healthcare scientists is, in reality, unwavering...
Red cells twist in crescent shape...
Borrelia's morphology is distinct; they appear as thin, helical (spiral-shaped) organisms
A notable feature of AML is the increased adhesiveness of these blast cells, leading them to adhere more...
In labs where life's frail secrets hide,
And answers wait, deep inside,
Who's in the right? Who's in the wrong? Who cares? We should focus on our own processes and not palm...
Only Cells hosted an online webinar titled "TTP Diagnostics - Preventing a Fragmented Approach."
HUS is a form of MAHA
Drepanocytes or as they are commonly known, sickle cells...
In the heat of the situation people say all sorts, but nothing prepared me for that nonchalant yet cowardly...
"Hi, it's OIR. Could I start a code red please? We have a patient on the ward who's crashed and have...
Acanthocytes are red blood cells with irregular, spiky protrusions (spicules) on their surface.
Refers to pale red cells
Blister cells are red blood cells that have a blister or bubble like appearance on their surface.
The presence of two distinct population of red cells.
Basophilic stippling refers to the presence of evenly distributed inclusions within the erythrocytes...
Peripheral blood film from a patient with myelofibrosis, showing dacrocytes (teardrop cells). Dacrocytes...
Spherocytes, unlike normal red cells are spherical in shape.
Elliptocytes are elongated red cells.
Plasma cell in a patient with plasma cell leukaemia. I had the opportunity to sit and discuss this peripheral...
Images from a patient with APML.
Target cells have a characteristic target or bullseye appearance.
Images showing a Plasmodium Falciparum infection
Smear cells aren't confirmatory for CLL.
Characterised by large platelets and grey spindle like inclusions within neutrophils.
...showing characteristic bilobed cells and inclusions.
Red cells with varying colours.
Cells of different sizes and shapes.
...two neutrophils with a reduced number of nuclear lobes...
Fibrin strands on a peripheral blood film.