Lab test interpretation

Fresh Erythrocytes in Urine Sediment During Hematuria

Microscopy of urine sediment in massive hematuria: an entire field of view covered with unchanged (fresh) erythrocytes in a patient with a bladder tumor.

🩸 Urine Sediment Microscopy. Hematuria. A patient from the urology department, a 56-year-old male. Urinary retention. Malignant neoplasm of the lateral wall of the bladder. Fresh erythrocytes. 🙏 Photos kindly provided by Kristina Yurievna, Laboratory Diagnostics Physician, BU “RCB”, Cheboksary