BODY FLUIDS DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS FATIMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

BODY FLUIDSBODY FLUIDS

DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSISAND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS

FATIMA COLLEGE OF FATIMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINEMEDICINE

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

SPECIMEN OBTAINED BY LUMBAR PUNCTURE

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

TUBE 1 = CHEMISTRY, SEROLOGY

TUBE 2 = MICROBIOLOGY

TUBE 3 = HEMATOLOGY

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

TUBES OF CSF: APPEARANCE LEFT TO RIGHT IS NORMAL, XANTHOCHROMIC,

HEMOLYZED AND CLOUDY.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

NORMAL LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES, X500

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

MACROPHAGES SHOWING ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS AND

HEMOSIDERIN GRANULES, X500.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

MALIGNANT MELANOMA CELL CONTAINING DUST-LIKE GRANULES. GRANULES ARE

MUCH FINER THAN HEMOSIDERIN GRANULES. X500.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

CHOROID PLEXUS CELLS: CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM MALIGNANT CELLS

BY THE NUCLEAR UNIFORMITY AND DISTINCT CELL BORDERS. X500.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

EOSINOPHILS: NOTICE CYTOCENTRIFUGE DISTORTION. X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS SEEN WITH BONE MARROW CONTAMINATION. X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

BROAD SPECTRUM OF LYMPHOCYTES SEEN IN VIRAL MENINGITIS. X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

NEUTROPHILS WITH INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA SEEN IN BACTERIAL MENINGITIS.

X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

LYMPHOMA CELLS. NOTICE PROMINENT NUCLEOLI AND FINE NUCLEAR CHROMATIN.

X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

MYELOBLASTS FROM ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA. NOTICE PROMINENT NUCLEOLI.

X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

MEDULLOBLASTOMA: NOTICE CLUSTERING OF CELLS, NUCLEAR MOLDING, AND ROSETTE

FORMATION. CLUSTERING AIDS IN THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THESE CELLS FROM

LYMPHOBLASTS. X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

GRAM STAIN OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS. X1000.

CEREBROSPINAL FLUIDCEREBROSPINAL FLUID

INDIA INK PREPARATION OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS: NOTICE BUDDING YEAST

FORM. X400.

SYNOVIAL FLUIDSYNOVIAL FLUID

POLARIZED URIC ACID CRYSTALS; INTRACELLULAR NEEDLE-SHAPED CRYSTALS.

X500.

SYNOVIAL FLUIDSYNOVIAL FLUID

WRIGHT’S STAINED CELLS CONTAINING CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE CRYSTALS.

X1000.

SYNOVIAL FLUIDSYNOVIAL FLUID

POLARIZED CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE CRYSTALS; INTRACELLULAR RHOMBIC-

SHAPED CRYSTALS. X1000.

PLEURAL FLUIDPLEURAL FLUID

NORMAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS, LYMPHOCYTES, AND MONOCYTES. X500.

PLEURAL FLUIDPLEURAL FLUID

ONE NORMAL AND TWO REACTIVE MESOTHELIAL CELLS WITH MULTINUCLEATE

FORM. X1000.

PLEURAL FLUIDPLEURAL FLUID

LUPUS ERYTRHEMATOSUS (LE) CELL; NOTICE THE INGESTED “ROUND BODY”. X1000.

PLEURAL FLUIDPLEURAL FLUID

METASTATIC CELLS FROM BREAST CANCER. A CLASSIC “CANNONBALL” FORMATION IS SEEN

UNDER LOW POWER AIDING IN DIFFERENTIATING THESE CELLS FROM MESOTHELIAL CELLS. X1000.

PLEURAL FLUIDPLEURAL FLUID

ADENOCARCINOMA SHOWING FINE NUCLEAR CHROMATIN, NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASMIC

MOLDING, AND VACUOLATED CYTOPLASM. X1000.

PLEURAL FLUIDPLEURAL FLUID

SMALL CELL CARCINOMA SHOWING NUCLEAR MOLDING. X250.

PERITONEAL FLUIDPERITONEAL FLUID

COLON CARCINOMA SHOWING MUCIN-CONTAINING VACUOLES. X500.

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