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Spirochete cells with CellaVision

Case #7 Borrelia hermsii infection

A ten-year-old girl who recently returned from a camping trip near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, was seen in the urgent care center with fever, headache, nausea and vomiting. 

Cells from patient case Burkitt’s Lymphoma

Case #6 Burkitt Lymphoma

9-year-old male with a history of jaw pain and weakness. More recently fever, shortness of breath and abdominal pain.

Cells from Patient Case 5

Case #5 Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

9-year-old male with a rapid onset of pain, fever, cough, headache, shortness of breath and cold and flu like symptoms, including nausea and vomiting.

Hypersegmented neutrophils

Case #4 Plasma cell leukemia

A 68-year-old female with a history of breast cancer presented with cough, fever, chills, shortness of breath, weakness, and unexplained weight loss. 

Segmented neutrophils - Patient case Thalassemia

Case #3 Thalassemia

A 25-year-old Asian American female with a long history of anemia was seen in the emergency room with acute onset of fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, jaundice, and hepatosplenomegaly. Her history includes recurring leg ulcers and gall stones. She is transfusion dependent.

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A 45-year-old man presented to his medical practitioner with recent onset of fever, chills, weakness, and muscle soreness. Routine laboratory tests were performed.

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Anaplasmosis cells

A 67-year-old man presented with an extensive red, itchy rash on most his body, unexplained weight loss, and lymphadenopathy. Testing showed an elevated AST, ALT and LDH.

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Monthly Cell Challenges

4-year-old girl with fever, stuffy nose, inflamed tonsils with white spots, and swollen lymph nodes was seen by her pediatrician. A Monospot test was negative.

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Monthly cell challenge 1 - Reactive lymphocyte

A 47-year-old male with cough, fever, unexpected weight loss, pain, and generalized lymphadenopathy was seen by his primary caregiver. Routine labs were ordered.

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Most cells exhibited nuclear shape irregularities / Monthly Cell Challenge #2

74-year-old male presented to the emergency department with weakness, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, and unexplained bruising.

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acute leukemia from cell challenge november 2024

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