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Emperipolesis - Cyto art to brighten your day ๐ŸŒธ

Have you ever seen a cell more worthy of becoming wall art? 

This is an example of emperipolesis in a corneal epithelial cell from a dog with corneal neutrophilic inflammation.

Emperipolesis...

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Why is there a microfilaria in this liver aspirate?!

It's cyto challenge time!

This is an FNA of a liver from a dog with hepatomegaly.

Take a look at this photo-- what do you see? How is this finding significant? 

What is THAT doing in this...

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Tough cytology from a common skin tumor

Poorly-granulated mast cell tumors can be really tough on cytology! Check out this case of a dog with a skin mass which ended up being a poorly-granulated mast cell tumor. Watch me explain the...

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Do you love this as much as I do? ๐Ÿ˜ The beauty of intracellular bacteria

I never get tired of seeing intracellular bacteria inside neutrophils.

When we see intracellular bacteria, we can confirm there is true infection. This is as opposed to extracellular bacteria--...

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Don't let this urine crystal fool you

These two urine crystals are VERY easy to confuse. Learn the difference between cystine and fat struvites in 1 minute! (Spoiler alert: COUNT THE SIDES)

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๐Ÿ€ Have you ever seen such a thing in a blood smear?

This would have been a good St. Patrick's Day tidbit-- I thought about waiting until next March to share this with you, but I couldn't wait that long!

If you've never seen these odd...

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