This concise, bench-side atlas provides up-to-date information on hematologic cellular morphology. Over 400 photographs, schematic diagrams, and electron micrographs illustrate hematology from normal cell maturation to the development of various pathologies.
- Introductory chapters succinctly describe the peripheral blood smear, its preparation and examination, and hematopoiesis in general.
- The chapters on cellular maturation include schematics that illustrate the maturation of each cell line individually and highlight the cell in question.
- Numerous illustrations such as, excellent schematic diagrams, photomicrographs, and electron micrographs are found in every chapter, visually enhancing descriptions of hematologic cellular morphology.
- Descriptive text accompanies each cell type that includes size, reference intervals, and nuclear and cytoplasmic characteristics.
- A schematic overview of hematopoiesis, along with a detailed presentation of each cell, demonstrates the relationship between individual stages of hematopoiesis and the overall developmental scheme.
- Chapters on erythrocytes and leukocytes present morphologic abnormalities, along with a description of each cell, in a schematic fashion to provide correlations to various disease states.
- The most common cytochemical stains, along with a summary chart for interpretation, are presented in the leukemia chapters to aid in classifying both malignant and benign leukoproliferative disorders.
- A unique, new chapter on Body Fluids covers other fluids found in the body besides blood, using images from cytocentrifuged specimens.
- A new white blood cell differential table shows all cells found in a normal white blood cell differential in one convenient location.
- A New lay-flat spiral binding makes this streamlined text extremely user-friendly in the laboratory setting.
