The Microscopic Minute
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This case right here demonstrates just how important cytology is...
10 year old dog with a soft subcutaneous mass.
Submission form: "Suspect lipoma."
Cytology: Nope!
I'm *so* glad this awesome vet...
I get asked this question a lot.
How does fat from a lipoma look different than a liposarcoma?
Well, wonder no more, because I have a handy little graphic I whipped up to share with you!...
You don't see the color orange everyday in cytology.
That is, unless you look at a lot of bleeding lesions/masses!
Hematoidin is a g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s orange, typically rhomboid crystal that looks like...
Have a cool one for you today!
Blood smear from a thrombocytopenic horse.
Well well well, what are those doing in there?! This explains her thrombocytopenia....
These are...(drum roll please)... ...
TL;DR - The Veterinary Cytology Schoolhouse is now part of Pocket Pathologist!
A message from Dr. Kate Baker (founder of Veterinary Cytology Schoolhouse and Pocket Pathologist):
In 2018, I founded...
A 7 year old Pit Bull Terrier presents to Internal Medicine with an unexplained regenerative anemia.
I LOVE cases like this where the answer is right there in the blood smear. ...
