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Plasmodium Falciparum Gametocytes on Blood Smear.

Banana-shaped gametocytes are only seen in Plasmodium falciparum but rare in
Gametocytes on Blood Smear ... Banana-shaped gametocytes are ... peripheral #clinical #microscopy ... #microbiology # ... malaria
Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
~75% of human malaria ... Banana-shaped gametocytes are ... peripheral #clinical #microscopy ... #microbiology # ... malaria
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
crenated red blood cells ... Plasmodium falciparum malaria ... infected RBCs) are ... peripheral #clinical #microscopy ... #malaria #microbiology
Prolymphocytes

In our case, the patient has T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) not Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML).  🔬Tumor
🔬Tumor cells are ... size lymphoid cells ... Prolymphocytes #Smear ... #Peripheral #Pathology ... #Microscopy #Clinical
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
the left renal pelvis ... Clinical #Radiology #Pathology ... Tuberculosis #Pyuria #Smear ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Peripheral blood findings in microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.  DIC is a clinical and laboratory diagnosis, not
polychromatophilic cells ... arrow) Peripheral smear ... D-dimer, egg) are ... anemia #Hematology #Pathology ... #Smear #Microscopy
Grouped Pustules on an Erythematous Base - On physical examination, grouped, coalescing pustules that had scalloped
seen on the left arm ... multinucleated giant cells ... Clinical #Derm #Pathology ... #Tzsanck #Smear ... #Microscopy #NEJM
Histoplasma capsulatum on culture

Isolated from the blood culture of an HIV patient with a low CD4
capsulatum on culture ... from the blood culture ... macroconidia which are ... #clinical #microscopy ... #pathology #microbiology
Important Fungal Stains
Mycology Lab:
 • Calcofluor white - Fluorochrome that binds glucans and chitin in fungal
preparation from culture ... Pathology: • Hematoxylin ... ; some strains are ... Fungal #Stains #microbiology ... #microscopy #staining
Neoplastic plasma cells with nucleoli (left image) and intranuclear Dutcher body (right image).

Dutcher bodies are round,
Neoplastic plasma cells ... Dutcher bodies are ... #Intranuclear #Pathology ... #Clinical #Smear ... #Microscopy #PlasmaCells