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ArticleCase reports in pathology2022

Storage Artifact Masquerading as Yeast: Presenting a Diagnostic Pitfall.

Elena M Fenu, Tawfeq Naal, Elizabeth Palavecino

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Article in Case reports in pathology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elena M FenuDepartment of Pathology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9523-9222
Tawfeq NaalDepartment of Pathology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-320X
Elizabeth PalavecinoDepartment of Pathology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4525-6064
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abnormal cell morphology can result from prolonged specimen storage, both for red and white blood cells. In particular, nuclear pyknosis of segmented neutrophils can occur in both peripheral blood and body fluids and may represent a diagnostic pitfall as it can mimic intracellular yeast or bacteria morphology. Pathologists are frequently asked to examine body fluid smears which are thought to contain microorganisms, and the presence of an unexpected organism can be especially concerning. Morphologic changes from prolonged storage may be encountered infrequently, and it is important to be aware of them in order to avoid misrepresentation, as additional work-up may be required for a suspected case of an unexpected fungal infection.

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