Papanicolaou test or better known as Pap test is the most popular and effective screening test for cervical cancer. At time, however, the detection of abnormal or cancerous cervical cells can be missed due to technical and human errors. In certain cases, the Pap smear images are blurred and highly affected by unwanted noises. These factors can hide and obscure the important cervical cells morph...

Microscopic examination of a peripheral blood smear revealed ookinetes of Plasmodium vivax. This unusual finding was probably due to an excessive delay between blood collection and smear preparation. Ookinete formation normally occurs in the mosquito gut. When seen in blood smears, it can cause confusion and misidentification of the parasite.

BACKGROUND Periodontal regeneration is dependent on the uninterrupted adhesion, maturation and absorption of fibrin clots to a periodontally compromised root surface. The modification of the root surface with different agents has been used for better fibrin clot formation and blood cell attachment. It is known that Er:YAG laser application on dentin removes the smear layer succesfully. AIM Th...

The main part of each white blood cell (WBC) is its nucleus which contains chromosomes. Although white blood cells (WBCs) with giant nuclei are the main symptom of leukemia, they are not sufficient to prove this disease and other symptoms must be investigated. For example another important symptom of leukemia is the existence of nucleolus in nucleus. The nucleus contains chromatin and a structu...

A 65-year-old man was brought to the ER for altered mental status for 12 hours. At ER, the patient was lethargic with hyperthermia. The laboratory studies revealed intravascular hemolysis with anemia, hyperkalemia, and elevated LDH. The abdominal CT showed liver abscess with marked aerobilia. Respiratory condition deteriorated rapidly, necessitating intubation. A massive amount of blood exuded ...

doi:10.5152/tjh.2011.15 The peripheral blood smear is an easy, inexpensive, and very useful diagnostic method. Although some think that it has lost its importance following the development of new automated complete blood counts, the peripheral blood smear should remain a primary diagnostic tool for clinicians, especially pediatricians. Peripheral blood smears aid clinicians in choosing the appr...