The Microscopic Minute
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Blood smear from a thrombocytopenic horse.
Well well well, what are those doing in there?! This explains her thrombocytopenia....
These are...(drum roll please)... ...
TL;DR - The Veterinary Cytology Schoolhouse is now part of Pocket Pathologist!
A message from Dr. Kate Baker (founder of Veterinary Cytology Schoolhouse and Pocket Pathologist):
In 2018, I founded...
A 7 year old Pit Bull Terrier presents to Internal Medicine with an unexplained regenerative anemia.
I LOVE cases like this where the answer is right there in the blood smear. ...
Did you know that you can see collagen in mast cell tumors? And sometimes, it's A LOT!
This is a case where there was a ton of collagen present. This happens when collagen is...
You never want a pathologist to say your cytology is "beautiful".
It's just one of those weird things in the path world-- it's hard not to appreciate the "beauty" in the cytology, even when you know...
Have you ever seen one of these in a blood smear?
Looks freaky doesn't it?
This is a hemoglobin crystal, and it's actually not important at all! This is just an artifact where the hemoglobin...