Bain Barbara J. Hematology: 101 Morphology Updates

Wiley-Blackwell, 2023. — 174 p. — ISBN: 9781394179817.This is the first book of its kind, written by renowned author Professor Barbara J. Bain, featuring a collection of instructive cases with interesting morphological features initially published in the American Journal of Hematology. This new book aims to bring these interesting and instructive cases to a wider readership. This book features updated cases and a "Test Yourself" section to aid in reader comprehension and information retention.Malaria – one swallow makes a summer.
The significance of irregularly contracted cells and hemighosts in sickle cell disease.
Striking dyserythropoiesis in sickle cell anemia following an aplastic crisis.
A normal mean cell volume does not exclude a diagnosis of megaloblastic anemia.
Prominent Howell – Jolly bodies when megaloblastic anemia develops in a hyposplenic patient.
A ghostly presence – G6PD deficiency.
G6PD deficiency in patients identified as female.
The cause of sudden anemia revealed by the blood film.
Choreo-acanthocytosis.
Lead poisoning.
Dysplastic neutrophils in an HIV-positive woman.
Help with HELLP.
Neutrophil dysplasia induced by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
COVID-19 and acute kidney injury.
Diagnosis of pyrimidine 5′ nucleotidase deficiency suspected from a blood film.
Bone marrow aspirate in Chédiak – Higashi syndrome.
Phytosterolemia.
Pseudo-Chédiak – Higashi inclusions together with Auer rods in acute myeloid leukemia.
Botryoid nuclei resulting from cocaine abuse.
Infantile pyknocytosis.
Splenic rupture in cytomegalovirus infection.
A new diagnosis of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis with cytoplasmic inclusions in a patient with COVID-19.
Pseudoplatelets and apoptosis in Burkitt lymphoma.
What is a promonocyte?
Persistent neonatal jaundice resulting from hereditary pyropoikilocytosis.
Auer rods or McCrae rods?
Observation of Auer rods in crushed cells in acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Alpha chain inclusions in peripheral blood erythroblasts and erythrocytes.
Dyserythropoiesis in visceral leishmaniasis.
Compound heterozygosity for hemoglobins S and D.
Granular B lymphoblastic leukemia.
Hyposplenism in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.
Voxelotor in sickle cell disease.
The importance of a negative image.
Seeing what isn’t there.
A young woman with sudden onset of a severe coagulation abnormality.
Immature Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in bone marrow.
Acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes showing basophilic differentiation.
Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia in an Iraqi girl.
Teardrop poikilocytes in metastatic carcinoma of the breast.