Microscopy of urine sediment: detection of uric acid crystals and large conglomerates (microliths). Features of their color, shape, and clinical significance.
Microscopy of urine sediment. Microliths of uric acid crystals x400 Uric acid enters the body with food and is excreted in urine. High levels of uric acid can cause the formation of uric acid crystals in joints and stones. Uric acid crystals can form large conglomerates – microliths. Uric acid crystals found during microscopic examination are usually yellow, dark yellow, or brownish-yellow.
🙏 The image and description were kindly provided by biologist Anna Feditskaya, Luhansk.
Morphology of uric acid crystals in urine sediment under microscopy. Characteristic rhomboid crystal forms observed with acidic urine pH.
Morphology of uric acid crystals in urine sediment: microscopy, features of spindle-shaped forms, clinical significance, and causes of crystalluria.
Morphology of uric acid crystals in urine sediment under microscopy. Features of detection and differential diagnosis of urates in complete urinalysis.
