Sickle cell tests have become routine in newborn screenings, but older children and adults may need to be tested as well. Read on to see if you or a loved one might benefit from being tested for ...

Dr. Leontios Pappas (Medicine): An 80-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of pancytopenia and the identification of schistocytes on a peripheral-blood smear. Six weeks before ...

Doctors may carry out blood tests, prenatal screenings, and various other tests to assess a person’s symptoms and diagnose sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder that affects ...

The case description for a Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital appears below. What is the diagnosis? What diagnostic test is most likely to be helpful? Cast your vote on the diagnosis ...

An AI tool that can analyze abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability ...

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis was first reported in 1990 when a patient in Wisconsin became ill following a tick bite and died two weeks later. Blood smears showed bacteria that were similar to ...

FIGURE 1. Platelet clumping (blue) was seen on peripheral blood smear. A misdiagnosis would have led to unnecessary tests and treatment. Ms. J, age 55 years, was referred to hematology for evaluation ...

An AI tool called CytoDiffusion can detect abnormal blood cells with greater accuracy and reliability than human specialists.