Anaemia, folate deficiency
Alternative Name - folic acid
deficiency, megoblastic anaemia, anemia
Description - a blood disorder characterized
by anemia, with red blood cells that are larger than normal, resulting
from a deficiency of folic acid
Anaemia, iron deficiency
Alternative Name - anemia
Description - a condition in which
the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin,
or in total volume, as a result of iron deficiency
Anaemia, pernicious
Alternative Name - anemia
Description - a blood disorder
caused by a lack of vitamin B12, as a result of lack of intrinsic
factor production in the stomach
Anaemia, sickle cell
Alternative Name - anemia
Description - chronic anemia occurring
primarily in individuals of African descent
Blood
Description - red blood cells,
white blood cells, platelets, and other substances suspended
in fluid called plasma; blood takes oxygen and nutrients
to the tissues, and carries away wastes
Blood film increased neutrophils (many
young forms)
Description - blood showing many
neutrophils; this may indicates bacterial infection, burns,
stress or inflammation
Bone marrow
Description - soft, sponge-like
tissue in the centre of most large bones, producing white
blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets
Cancer, metastatic prostate cancer, lymph
gland
Description - prostate cancer that
has produced secondaries in a lymph node
Eosinophilia, blood
Description - type of white blood
cells
Hodgkin's disease, lymph gland
Description - cells in the lymphatic
system grow abnormally and may spread beyond the lymphatic
system; with time compromises the body's ability to fight
infection
Infarct, bland, spleen
Description - an uninfected area
of necrosis in the spleen produced by sudden blockage in
an artery
Infarct, older, spleen
Description - death of an area
of tissue caused by lack of blood supply
Inflammatory reaction, lymph gland
Description - lymph gland showing
signs of inflammation
Leukemia, acute lymphocytic (blood sample)
Alternative Name - acute lymphoblastic
leukemia, acute lymphoid leukemia, acute lymphatic leukemia
Description - most common form of childhood
leukemia; a quickly progressing disease in which too many immature
white blood cells are found in the blood and bone marrow
Leukemia, acute myelocytic (blood sample)
Description - a rapidly progressing
cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone
marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to
be produced and enter the blood stream
Leukemia, acute myelocytic (bone marrow
sample)
Description - involving uncontrolled
proliferation of white blood cells
Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic
Alternative Name - chronic lymphatic
leukemai, chronic lymphoid leukemia
Description - most common form
of leukemia, a slowly progressing disease in which too many
white blood cells (lymphocytes) are found in the body
Leukemia, chronic myeloid
Alternative Name - chronic myelogenous
leukemia, chronic granulocytic leukemia
Description - leukemia affecting granulocytes,
monocytes, red blood cells or platelets; these are usually mature
in appearance but do not function properly
Leukemia, hairy cell, spleen
Alternative Name - leukemic reticuloendotheliosis
Description - a cancer of lymphocytes
(B cells) that leads to low blood counts; relatively uncommon
Liposarcoma, fat
Description - a sarcoma arising
from immature fat cells of the bone marrow
Lymph gland
Alternative Name - lymph node
Description - lymph nodes filter
lymph and store lymphocytes (white blood cells)
Lymph gland cancer, secondary
Description - a cancer in the lymph
gland which has metastasised from elsewhere
Lymph gland, focal necrosis, active congestion
Description - lymph gland showing
dead tissue, and active congestion
Lymph gland, reactive
Description - a lymph gland that
is enlarged because it is trying to fight off an infection
Lymph gland, reactive HIV positive
Description - a lymph gland that
is enlarged because it is trying to fight off an infection
as a result of HIV
Mast Cells
Description - produce histamine,
which dilates small blood vessels; involved in body’s
reaction to injury and infection
Multiple myeloma, bone marrow
Description - cancer of bone marrow, cells
that normally make antibodies and other substances to fight
infection
Myelofibrosis, bone marrow
Description - a disorder in which
the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, lymph gland
Alternative Name - lymphocytic
lymphoma, histiocytic lymphoma, lymphoblastic lymphoma
Description - malignancy of lymph cells
that have migrated outside the bone marrow to a lymph gland
Phagocytosis, lymph gland
Description - lymph gland showing
phagocytes devouring bacteria
Spleen
Description - located on the left
side of the abdomen near the stomach; produces lymphocytes,
filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood
cells
Thymoma, thymus
Description - a cancer originating
within the epithelial cells of the thymus
Thymus
Description - in the chest behind
the breastbone; an organ that is part of the lymphatic system,
in which T lymphocytes grow and multiply
Thymus, child
Description - in the chest behind
the breastbone; an organ that is part of the lymphatic system,
in which T lymphocytes grow and multiply
Tuberculosis, lymph gland
Description - lymph gland showing
signs of the chronic disease TB
Tuberculosis, spleen
Description - spleen showing signs
of TB
Venous congestion, spleen
Description - spleen showing signs
of congestion in veins (as a rsult of mechanical obstruction
or heart problems)
