Hematology

Timely morphology resource based on ongoing series of morphology updates published monthly in the American Journal of Hematology since 2008
The first book of its kind, written by renowned author Professor Barbara J. Bain, featuring a collection of instructive cases with interesting morphological features initially published in the American Journal of Hematology, thus bringing these interesting and instructive cases to a wider readership. This book features updated cases and a "Test Yourself" section to aid in reader comprehension and information retention.
Updates covered in Hematology: 101 Morphology Updates include:
* The significance of irregularly contracted cells and hemighosts in sickle cell disease, and striking dyserythropoiesis in sickle cell anemia following an aplastic crisis
* Prominent Howell-Jolly bodies when megaloblastic anemia develops in a hyposplenic patient, and G6PD deficiency in patients identified as female
* The cause of sudden anemia revealed by the blood film, choreoacanthocytosis, and dysplastic neutrophils in an HIV-positive woman
* Neutrophil dysplasia induced by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, and diagnosis of pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase deficiency suspected from a blood film
Hematology: 101 Morphology Updates is a key resource for consultant hematologists and clinical scientists, trainee hematologists and biomedical scientists who are looking for the newest updates to expand their knowledge bases in select areas.