Scientific Image Gallery
Welcome to our Scientific Image Gallery. Here you can find real-life examples of cell images, mostly (but not only) from peripheral blood films, that illustrate typical morphologic characteristics pointing to specific conditions or disorders. This constitutes their diagnostic value.
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The barrel-shaped bacillus visible in the right granulocyte is Clostridium perfringens from a case of septic gangrene. (The reddish background is caused by massive red blood cell lysis. The white blood cells are about to dissolve as well.)
<p>The barrel-shaped bacillus visible in the right granulocyte is Clostridium perfringens from a case of septic gangrene. (The reddish background is caused by massive red blood cell lysis. The white blood cells are about to dissolve as well.)</p>
Cancer cells in the bone marrow of a tumour patient with colorectal carcinoma.
<p>Cancer cells in the bone marrow of a tumour patient with colorectal carcinoma.</p>
Blood film from a patient with cortical T-ALL.
<p>Blood film from a patient with cortical T-ALL.</p>
Lymphoma cells in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytospin preparation. Patient diagnosed with localised diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: monoclonal B cell population with the following flow cytometric results CD19+, CD20+, CD38+, CD5-, Lambda+, Kappa-. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain.
<p>Lymphoma cells in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytospin preparation. Patient diagnosed with localised diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: monoclonal B cell population with the following flow cytometric results CD19+, CD20+, CD38+, CD5-, Lambda+, Kappa-. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain. </p>
This cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is rich in cells which are malignant epithelial tumour cells. They have polymorphic hyperchromic nuclei and sometimes there are double nuclei seen. Some cells have vacuolated cytoplasm, sometimes with magenta bodies. Patient know with breast cancer and hydrocephalus. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain.
<p>This cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is rich in cells which are malignant epithelial tumour cells. They have polymorphic hyperchromic nuclei and sometimes there are double nuclei seen. Some cells have vacuolated cytoplasm, sometimes with magenta bodies. Patient know with breast cancer and hydrocephalus. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain. </p>
Cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with bacterial meningitis. Predominant presence of neutrophil granulocytes and only occasionally monocytes being encountered. Massive presence of extracellular diplococci surrounding WBC. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain
<p>Cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with bacterial meningitis. Predominant presence of neutrophil granulocytes and only occasionally monocytes being encountered. Massive presence of extracellular diplococci surrounding WBC. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain</p>
Cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a newborn suffering from sepsis. The blood/brain barrier has not yet been closed, so the macrophages that are cleaning up the bacteria in the blood end up also in the CSF. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain.
<p>Cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a newborn suffering from sepsis. The blood/brain barrier has not yet been closed, so the macrophages that are cleaning up the bacteria in the blood end up also in the CSF. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain.</p>
Cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with posterior communicating artery (PCoA) aneurysm after six weeks of the incidence. Erythrophages and siderophages with ingested red blood cells. As red blood cells degenerate further, the breakdown products are seen in the phagocytic cells as dark, granular, iron-laden haemosiderin deposits or yellow crystalline iron-free haematoidin crystals. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain.
<p>Cytospin prepared from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a patient with posterior communicating artery (PCoA) aneurysm after six weeks of the incidence. Erythrophages and siderophages with ingested red blood cells. As red blood cells degenerate further, the breakdown products are seen in the phagocytic cells as dark, granular, iron-laden haemosiderin deposits or yellow crystalline iron-free haematoidin crystals. May-Gruenwald Giemsa stain. </p>
Cytoplasmic fragments split off a blast in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). In certain automated haematology analysers, such fragments might possibly suggest a wrongly high concentration of platelets.
<p>Cytoplasmic fragments split off a blast in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). In certain automated haematology analysers, such fragments might possibly suggest a wrongly high concentration of platelets.</p>