The Microscopic MinuteÂ
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Although most “fatty” feeling (soft, squishy) masses will end up being lipomas, you have to watch out for the elusive mast cell tumor that is living in a hidey-hole of fat.
So, even if you aspirate tha...
Adjuvant often appears like this globby magenta material on cytology, but interestingly, sometimes vaccine adjuvant can be blue!
There was a study in Vet Clin Path that looked at this and found that ...
This month’s case highlight is from Kari Cameron! This a beautiful example of a vaccine hypersensitivity reaction in a 10 mo Yorkie. This pup was vaccinated 2 weeks prior and presented with a marble s...
Definition time!
The N:C (nuclear to cytoplasmic) ratio is a term used to describe how much cytoplasm there is in a cell compared to how big or small the nucleus is.
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Cells with a high N:C ratio hav...
It’s super important to recognize what mesothelial cells look like, because they can be easily mistaken for neoplastic epithelial cells if you’re not expecting them.
This is one way they can look-- r...
What are those eosinophils doing in there?
This was a liver aspirate from a dog with an enlarged liver. There are tons of intermediate to large sized lymphocytes (not supposed to be in a liver!) which...
