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Epithelial Casts in Urine: Causes and Morphology
What epithelial casts in urine sediment mean: formation mechanism, microscopy, association with acute tubular necrosis and toxic kidney damage.
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Urinalysis
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Triple Phosphate Crystals in Urine Sediment: Morphology
Explore the morphology of triple phosphate (struvite) crystals in urine sediment at ×400 magnification. Understand the diagnostic significance of struvite crystalluria in urinalysis.
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Urine Sediment Microscopy: A Diagnostic Exercise
A diagnostic exercise on laboratory examination of urine sediment: identify structures found during light microscopy of a native preparation.
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Renal Epithelial Cells and Cell Complexes in Urine Sediment
Microscopy of urine sediment in a child: differential diagnosis of renal epithelial cell clusters amidst a moderate amount of uric acid crystals.
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Macrophages in Urine Sediment: Microscopic Morphology
Explore the morphology of macrophages in urine sediment using native light microscopy and supravital staining at 400x magnification. Essential for laboratory diagnostics.
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Renal Epithelium and Epithelial Casts in Urine
Urine sediment microscopy at 400x magnification: morphology of renal epithelial cells, epithelial and hyaline casts with cellular inclusions.
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Uric Acid Crystals in Urine Sediment: Morphology
Urine sediment microscopy: polymorphism of uric acid crystals, rosettes, and druses. A clinical case of massive crystalluria in a urine sample.
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Cystine Crystals in Urine Sediment: Microscopy
Morphological features of cystine crystals in urine sediment: differentiating hexagonal plates from leukocytes and erythrocytes during microscopy.
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Leptotrichia Bacteria in Urine Sediment: Microscopic Analysis
Morphological features of Leptotrichia (Leptothrix) bacteria in urine sediment microscopy: identification of filamentous bacteria in a native preparation.
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Renal Epithelial Cells in Urine Sediment: Morphology
Renal tubular epithelial cells in urine sediment: morphological features, microscopic identification, and clinical significance in kidney diseases.
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Urine Amylase Determination by Caraway Method in Pancreatitis
Examples of sharp increases in urine diastase and blood amylase post-holidays. Features of 1:10 and 1:100 urine dilution in the amyloclastic analysis method.
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Clarithromycin Crystalluria in General Urinalysis
A clinical case of drug-induced crystalluria due to clarithromycin: macroscopic appearance and crystal morphology in urine sediment.