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Lab work can be monotonous and boring day to day. When interesting cases show up, they tend to show up around the same time. There were several notable lab results recently.          I have two pictures

Sharing some learning experience with pap smears. These tests take a swab sample from the cervix to screen for cervical lesions that may manifest the early signs of malignancy. There's plenty of stuff

Welcome to the third episode of our workshop series where we use the microscope to unmask organisms that are hidden to our eyes. As usual, I wish to reveal those parasites and pathogens behind the aetiology

Every now and then, the lab receives a wet prep with interesting critters in them. Often, clinicians order wet preps to screen for STDs or bacterial vaginosis. So yes, most of the patients would be female.