Automated digital analysers of blood smears has been on the rise due to the ever-progressing field of digital image analysis (by means of machine learning).…

These are oval-spherical in shape with a clear halo (that’s the capsule) invading neutrophils. There is also a sneaky nucleated red cell. Pseudohyphae +/- budding…

Why choose haematology as a career? For medical professionals, the specialty of haematology in the United Kingdom (UK) provides an extraordinary career option. Clinical haematology…

Rare but often very treatable with the purine analogue cladrabine Look long and hard for them in all patients with cytopenia(s) especially where there is…

Social media (SM) describes web-based applications that allow people to create and exchange content. It encompasses blogs and microblogs (such as Twitter), internet forums (such…

These are endothelial cells. Typical features when seen in the blood film are occur in loose sheets  pleomorphic with round to oval nuclei and variably…

The blood film shows sickle cells (green arrow) whilst the chest X-ray has pulmonary infiltrates (white arrow).  Assuming the infiltrates are new, the respiratory symptoms…

The fine dots represent RNA and can be seen in loads of conditions, below are a few: Lead poisoning Thalassaemia Myelodysplastic syndrome Congenital dyseryhtropoeitic anaemia…

The clumps of red cells seen here are typical of this disorder. Key features include: Autoimmune condition causing haemolysis The auto-antibody coating the red cells…

Pale lilac amorphous cryoglobulin deposits between red blood cells Neutrophils with compressed/distorted nuclei due to phagocytosis of cryoglobulin precipitates Credit: Fayand et al, Brit Journal…