Flashcards
CSF cells Practical 1
Cards in this deck (20)
- 1—Normal CSF
- 2—A ==> Neutrophil
B ==> Monocytes
C ==> Lymphocyte
- 3—Traumatic Tap
OR
Subarachnoid Bleed
(all types of cells seen in peripheral
will be seen with traumatic/bleeds)
- 4—Erythrophagocytosis
blue-black = hemosiderin granules
yellow = hematoiden crystals
evidence of a bleed
- 5—Macrophage
- 6—Ventricular cells
- 7—Ventricular cell
(may be mistaken for malignant cells due to their tendency to appear in clusters)
- 8—Ventricular cell
- 9—Ventricular cell
(may be mistaken for malignant cells due to their tendency to appear in clusters)
- 10—Ventricular cell
Ependymal Cells
- 11—Ventricular cell
Choroid plexus
"clumped"
- 12—Bacterial meningitis
(note the intracellular
bacteria in the neutrophils)
- 13—Bacterial meningitis
(note the intracellular
bacteria in the neutrophils)
(harder to see here)
- 14—Cryptococcus neoformans
(fungal meningitis)
Has characteristic "sunburst" appearance, which looks like a fuzzy halo with the Wright Stain
- 15—Blast Cell
- 16—Lymphoma Cells
- 17—Tumor cells
- 18—Eosinophilia:
Parasitic and Fungal Infections
- 19—Plasma cell
Multiple Sclerosis
- 20—nRBC's
Traumatic tap caused by
nicked vertebrae