Lab test interpretation
Uric Acid Crystals in Complete Urinalysis
Morphology of uric acid crystals in urine sediment under microscopy. Features of detection and differential diagnosis of urates in complete urinalysis.
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Urinalysis
Lab test interpretation
Fecal Salt Crystals in Coprogram Microscopy
Discovering salt crystals in native fecal samples during coprograms. Features of microscopy and possible causes of urinary salt contamination.
Lab test interpretation
Mycelium and Yeast Spores in Urine Sediment: Lab Diagnostics
Microscopy of urine sediment in candiduria: pseudomycelium filaments and budding yeast spores of Candida. Laboratory diagnostics of infections.
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Uric Acid Crystals in Urinalysis: Microscopy Features
Explore the morphology of uric acid crystals and hyaline casts in urine sediment microscopy, focusing on a rheumatology patient with hyperuricemia.
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Eosinophils in Urine Sediment in Dermatitis Herpetiformis
A clinical case of eosinophiluria in a patient with Duhring's dermatitis: cytological picture and morphology of eosinophils in stained urine sediment.
Laboratory methods
Preanalytical Errors: Urine Collection in Non-Standard Containers
Examples of non-standard urine collection containers delivered to the laboratory and the impact of non-sterile containers on test results.
Lab test interpretation
Uric Acid Crystals in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Microscopy of urine sediment: detection of characteristic rhomboid uric acid crystals and their aggregates. Causes and clinical significance of crystalluria.
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Green Urine After Propofol: Causes of Discoloration
Why urine turns green after propofol infusion. Mechanism of drug metabolite excretion and differential diagnosis in the clinical diagnostic laboratory.
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Triple Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Struvite Morphology
Morphology of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals and amorphous phosphates in urine sediment at alkaline pH. Microscopic findings in a general urine analysis.
Clinical cases
Rare Morphological Findings in Biomaterial Microscopy
Microscopic findings in clinical diagnostic laboratories: botryoid neutrophil segmentation, karyorrhexis, blast with Auer rods, signet ring cells, and uric acid crystals.
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Uric Acid Crystals in Urinalysis: Microscopy
Morphology of growing uric acid crystals in urine sediment at pH 5.5. Digital images from an automated URIT urine workstation.
Lab test interpretation
Uric Acid Crystals in Urine Sediment: Microscopy
Microscopy of urine sediment: typical rhomboid shape and rosettes of uric acid crystals at different magnifications. Laboratory diagnostics.