Monthly Archives: July 2011

Mystery cells, case #2

Mystery cells, case #2

This case presents a patient treated at a US hospital with the initial diagnosis Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which was later on reevaluated. Do you know the cell types and can you suggest a possible diagnosis? Here are the patient details:

Here are the patient details:
65 year old male
WBC 1.3
PLT Count 7
HGB 7

The diagnosis will be revealed Wednesday August 10. In the meantime interact with your peers and post your comments below!

The cell images were collected on a CellaVision DM96 analyzer. Click to enlarge them.

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Test your morphology skills at AACC

Test your morphology skills at AACC

Visit our booth #847 at AACC in Atlanta 24-28 July and win an iPad…plus:

  • Take away a free copy of CellaVision Competency Software to test your staff back home.
  • Learn how to put CellaVision’s newest educational tool, CellAtlas, on your iPhone or Android smartphone.
  • Learn how CellaVision’s family of digital morphology systems can be networked to streamline consultation between your facilities.

Let CellaVision show you how to become best practice in cell morphology!

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New study demonstrates improved staff proficiency

New study demonstrates improved staff proficiency

In 2010 Yoko Tabe compiled the results of the quality project initiated by the Juntendo University Medicine Group in Tokyo, Japan, and just recently the study was published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

“Quality assurance was a decisive issue for us, Yoko Tabe explains. Using the CellaVision DM96 analyzer and CellaVision Competency Software for training we designed a program in which the staff effectively tested their skills in identifying and classifying blood cells.

We now see that the project has really resulted in improved staff proficiency and thus standardized analyses. It is very gratifying to know that we at the laboratory can contribute to providing our patients with better… Read more »

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