This is an unusual situation in which there’s a generalised consumption of plasma clotting elements and platelets leading to fibrin deposition throughout the microcirculation. ...

Erythropoiesis is divided into a number of stages. The earliest recognisable red cell precursor in the bone marrow is known as the proerythroblast (Pronormoblast); this gives rise ...

The presence of leukocytes in Stool is indicator of inflammation as a result of bacteria. Leukocytes analysis is useful for the differentiation of bacillary dysentery, demonstrating ...

Mumps is a viral infection which is spread by respiratory droplets and by contact with items contaminated by saliva of the infected person. Symptoms of mumps include facial pain ...

Myoglobin is a heme-containing and Oxygen binding protein which is present in the cystoplasm of Skeletal and Cardiac muscle cells. It serves as a reservoir of oxygen. When muscle ...

Flame cells are plasma cells with a distinctive pinkish hue in the outer rim of the cytoplasm. This appearance is thought to be the result of precipitated immunoglobulin. These cells ...

Pseudothrombocytopenia or spurious thrombocytopenia is an in-vitro sampling problem which may mislead the diagnosis towards the more critical condition of thrombocytopenia. The phenomenon ...

P-LCR means Platelet large cell ratio and it’s calculated in automated blood analyzers using this formula: P-LCR = P-LCC/PLT. PLT = Total Platelets Count. P-LCC = platelets ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV): Renal tubular cells in neonate with congenital CMV infection show prominent nuclear inclusions resembling owls’ eyes.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis organisms are identified by their red color on acid-fast staining (Ziehl–Neelsen stain)   The granulomas of tuberculosis tend to contain necrosis ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae in sputum sample from patient with pneumonia, showing gram positive diplococci

Propionibacterium is facilitative gram positive rods, and named like this because of their ability to synthesize  propionic acid Propionibacterium live in skin, sweat gland and ...