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Ammonium Urate Crystals in Urine Sediment at pH 7.5

Explore the morphology of ammonium urate crystals in urine sediment at pH 7.5, including microscopic spherical formations and the macroscopic appearance of the sediment.

Daniil Adamov Daniil Adamov 1 min
Urine tube, pronounced yellowish-gray salt sediment at the bottom
Urine tube, pronounced yellowish-gray salt sediment at the bottom
Native urine preparation, spherical ammonium urate crystals, x100
Native urine preparation, spherical ammonium urate crystals, x100
Native urine preparation, ammonium urate and squamous epithelial cell, x100
Native urine preparation, ammonium urate and squamous epithelial cell, x100
Native urine preparation, small groups of golden-brown spheres, x100
Native urine preparation, small groups of golden-brown spheres, x100
Native urine preparation, dense cluster of spherical ammonium urates, x100
Native urine preparation, dense cluster of spherical ammonium urates, x100
Native urine preparation, large aggregates of ammonium urate crystals, x100
Native urine preparation, large aggregates of ammonium urate crystals, x100
Native urine preparation, ammonium urate crystals in a chain-like formation, x400
Native urine preparation, ammonium urate crystals in a chain-like formation, x400
Native urine preparation, morphology of ammonium urate spherulites, x400
Native urine preparation, morphology of ammonium urate spherulites, x400

🔬 Ammonium urate crystals appear as golden-brown spheres. Sediment with this composition takes on a yellow-gray hue. Most often, such salts are found in alkaline urine and may be combined with triple phosphate crystals. In this case, the pH is 7.5. Native urine preparation. Magnification x100 (photos 2-6), x400 (photos 7-8). 🙏 Material kindly provided by biochemist Daniil Adamov, Moscow

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