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

2. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

3. SPECIMEN OBTAINED BY LUMBAR PUNCTURE
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
SPECIMEN OBTAINED BY LUMBAR PUNCTURE

4. TUBE 1 = CHEMISTRY, SEROLOGY
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
TUBE 1 = CHEMISTRY, SEROLOGY
TUBE 2 = MICROBIOLOGY
TUBE 3 = HEMATOLOGY

5. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
TUBES OF CSF: APPEARANCE LEFT TO RIGHT IS NORMAL, XANTHOCHROMIC, HEMOLYZED AND CLOUDY.

6. NORMAL LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES, X500
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
NORMAL LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES, X500

7. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
MACROPHAGES SHOWING ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS AND HEMOSIDERIN GRANULES, X500.

8. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
MALIGNANT MELANOMA CELL CONTAINING DUST-LIKE GRANULES. GRANULES ARE MUCH FINER THAN HEMOSIDERIN GRANULES. X500.

9. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
CHOROID PLEXUS CELLS: CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM MALIGNANT CELLS BY THE NUCLEAR UNIFORMITY AND DISTINCT CELL BORDERS. X500.

10. EOSINOPHILS: NOTICE CYTOCENTRIFUGE DISTORTION. X1000.
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
EOSINOPHILS: NOTICE CYTOCENTRIFUGE DISTORTION. X1000.

11. NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS SEEN WITH BONE MARROW CONTAMINATION. X1000.
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS SEEN WITH BONE MARROW CONTAMINATION. X1000.

12. BROAD SPECTRUM OF LYMPHOCYTES SEEN IN VIRAL MENINGITIS. X1000.
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
BROAD SPECTRUM OF LYMPHOCYTES SEEN IN VIRAL MENINGITIS. X1000.

13. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
NEUTROPHILS WITH INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA SEEN IN BACTERIAL MENINGITIS. X1000.

14. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
LYMPHOMA CELLS. NOTICE PROMINENT NUCLEOLI AND FINE NUCLEAR CHROMATIN. X1000.

15. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
MYELOBLASTS FROM ACUTE MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA. NOTICE PROMINENT NUCLEOLI. X1000.

16. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
MEDULLOBLASTOMA: NOTICE CLUSTERING OF CELLS, NUCLEAR MOLDING, AND ROSETTE FORMATION. CLUSTERING AIDS IN THE DIFFERENTIATION OF THESE CELLS FROM LYMPHOBLASTS. X1000.

17. GRAM STAIN OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS. X1000.
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
GRAM STAIN OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS. X1000.

18. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
INDIA INK PREPARATION OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS: NOTICE BUDDING YEAST FORM. X400.

19. SYNOVIAL FLUID
POLARIZED URIC ACID CRYSTALS; INTRACELLULAR NEEDLE-SHAPED CRYSTALS. X500.

20. SYNOVIAL FLUID
WRIGHT’S STAINED CELLS CONTAINING CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE CRYSTALS. X1000.

21. SYNOVIAL FLUID
POLARIZED CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE CRYSTALS; INTRACELLULAR RHOMBIC-SHAPED CRYSTALS. X1000.

22. NORMAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS, LYMPHOCYTES, AND MONOCYTES. X500.
PLEURAL FLUID
NORMAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS, LYMPHOCYTES, AND MONOCYTES. X500.

23. PLEURAL FLUID
ONE NORMAL AND TWO REACTIVE MESOTHELIAL CELLS WITH MULTINUCLEATE FORM. X1000.

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

25. PLEURAL FLUID
METASTATIC CELLS FROM BREAST CANCER. A CLASSIC “CANNONBALL” FORMATION IS SEEN UNDER LOW POWER AIDING IN DIFFERENTIATING THESE CELLS FROM MESOTHELIAL CELLS. X1000.

26. PLEURAL FLUID
ADENOCARCINOMA SHOWING FINE NUCLEAR CHROMATIN, NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASMIC MOLDING, AND VACUOLATED CYTOPLASM. X1000.

27. SMALL CELL CARCINOMA SHOWING NUCLEAR MOLDING. X250.
PLEURAL FLUID
SMALL CELL CARCINOMA SHOWING NUCLEAR MOLDING. X250.

28. COLON CARCINOMA SHOWING MUCIN-CONTAINING VACUOLES. X500.
PERITONEAL FLUID
COLON CARCINOMA SHOWING MUCIN-CONTAINING VACUOLES. X500.

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