FIGURE 1 Peripheral blood smear multiple yeasts in neutrophil (arrow). 1,000x magnification – Giemsa staining). A 40-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, diagnosed in 2008, and irregular use of antiretroviral therapy, was admitted to the emergency room with diarrhea, asthenia, fever, and weight loss of 4kg in the previous 10 days. His evacuations were watery, with no ...

On May 27, 2013, an 81-yr-old man visited Wonkwang University Sanbon Hospital with chief complaints of fever, chills, and myalgia lasting for 1 month. The patient had a 5-yr history of intermittent pitting edema of both legs. A diagnosis of cholangitis was made on the basis of right upper quadrant tenderness of the abdomen and computerized tomography (CT) findings. CT showed common bile duct di...

introduction : myeloproliferative neoplasms (mpns) are a group of clonal malignant hematologic disease, where the main and common members are; polycythemia vera (pv), primary myelofibrosis (pmf), and essential thrombocytosis (et). these group of diseases are able to be transformed into each other. methods:   this cross sectional study conducted the evaluation of jak2v161f mutation in dna in per...

Background: Covid-19 pandemic has affected almost all the inhabited areas on our planet. Researchers are working hard to bring this disease its resolution. There is emerging evidence everyday point towards altered parameters in body. Complete blood picture and peripheral smears also showing considerable changes. These changes can help raise suspicion of infection at earliest. This us future dif...

otic treatment was commenced. He later developed fever and bleeding at the stoma site. At this time his peripheral blood findings were as follows: Hb: 7.5 g/dL; WBC: 4.5 x 109/L; neutrophils: 58.8%; lymphocytes: 26.5%; eosinophils: 0.7%; monocytes: 13%; basophils: 1%; platelet count: 87 x 109/L. Peripheral blood smear showed dimorphic anemia and thrombocytopenia, as well as neutrophilic predomi...

Blood cell count was performed on an automated analyzer using an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) blood specimen and showed normal hemoglobin and leukocytes (7.2 109/L), but a mild thrombocytosis (467 109/L). Platelet clumps were flagged by the cell counter. However, when the peripheral smear was reviewed, there was leukocyte agglutination (shown, left) rather than clumps of platelets. Th...