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Cholesterol Crystals in Urine: Sediment Microscopy

Cholesterol crystals in urine sediment from a nephrology patient. Morphology of rectangular plates with stepped corners under light microscopy.

Anna Feditskaya Anna Feditskaya 1 min
Native preparation of urine sediment: large cluster of stepped cholesterol plates
Native preparation of urine sediment: large cluster of stepped cholesterol plates
Native preparation of urine sediment: layering of thin rectangular cholesterol plates
Native preparation of urine sediment: layering of thin rectangular cholesterol plates
Native preparation of urine sediment: elongated aggregate of cholesterol crystals with notches
Native preparation of urine sediment: elongated aggregate of cholesterol crystals with notches
Native preparation of urine sediment: stepped cholesterol crystals in the form of parallelograms
Native preparation of urine sediment: stepped cholesterol crystals in the form of parallelograms
Native preparation of urine sediment: fused cholesterol plates with a typical serrated edge
Native preparation of urine sediment: fused cholesterol plates with a typical serrated edge
Native preparation of urine sediment: single cholesterol plate with a broken corner
Native preparation of urine sediment: single cholesterol plate with a broken corner
Native preparation of urine sediment: polymorphic aggregate of overlapping cholesterol crystals
Native preparation of urine sediment: polymorphic aggregate of overlapping cholesterol crystals

Microscopy of urine sediment. Cholesterol crystals. Patient 62 years old, Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis.

🙏 Photos and description kindly provided by biologist Anna Feditskaya, Luhansk

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