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Chapter 8 UA Sediment Microscopic Flashcards

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When is a microscope used to analyze urine/blood

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1) when ordered by a physician
2) when determined by laboratory protocol (specific patient population, and services)
3) when abnormal macro and chemical results are obtained (bloody/cloudy appearance, ph> 8, positive protein, leukocyte esterase, nitrite, blood, glucose)

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CLIA’88 complexity of microscopic exam

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1) Moderate

2) provider performed microscopy (physician, midlevel practitioner, or dentist)

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What are hematopoietic cells?

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1) RBCs - dysmorphic, biconcave disc

2) WBCs - neutrophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, histiocytes, macrophages, glitter

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Types of epithelial cells

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1) transitional → pear shaped
2) squamous → square shaped
3) renal tubular (round) → oval fat bodies

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Physical and chemical results and exceptions for RBCs seen in microscope

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Physical - turbidity, red color
Chemical - + blood, + protein
Exceptions- number, hemolysis

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Physical and chemical results and exceptions for WBCs seen in microscope

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Physical - turbidity
Chemical - + protein, + nitrite, + LE
Exception - number, lysis

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Physical and chemical results and exceptions for Epithelial cells seen in microscope

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Physical - turbidity
Chemical - none
Exception - number

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Physical and chemical results and exceptions for casts seen in microscope

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Physical - none
Chemical - + protein
Exception - number

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Physical and chemical results and exceptions for Bacteria seen in microscope

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Physical - turbidity
Chemical - ph, + nitrite, leukocytes
Exceptions - number and type

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Physical and chemical results and exceptions for Crystals seen in microscope

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Physical - turbidity, color
Chemical - ph, + bilirubin
Exception - number and type

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Papanicolaou stain - atypical cytoplasm, large nuclei

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Normal range of RBCs

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0-3 RBC/high power field

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Normal range of WBCs

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0-5 WBC/ high power field

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Normal range of hyaline casts

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0-2 hyaline casts/low power field

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Diagnostic elements

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Clumps of WBC, RBC, most casts, increased renal tubular cells (RTC), oval fat bodies, microorganisms, abn crystals

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Less important findings

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Most crystals, mucous and squamous epithelial cells

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RBCs morphology

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Biconcave disc depending on osmotic gradient (ghost, swollen, crenated
Micro or gross hematuria

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Dysmorphic red blood cells

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Fragmented red cells accompanied with protein

- Glomerular bleeding

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Hypertonic

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Too much solute

- cell shrinks

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Hypotonic

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Too much H2O

- cell enlarges

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RBCs can be confused with

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Yeast

-Acetic acid will lyse red cells

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Fresh RBCs

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Dysmorphic and ghost RBCs

- watery urine or lysed cells, very alkaline

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Identify the RBCs, squamous epithelia’s cells, and transitional

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Yellow round = RBCs
Big squares = squamous epithelial
Medium round in right corner = transitional

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RBC identification difficulties

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  • Yeast: look for buds
  • oil droplets: refractility
  • air bubbles: refractility/ possibly different plane
  • starch: refractive, polarizes
  • reagent strip correlation
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Air bubble

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Oil droplets

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Neutrophils
- granular spheres
- multilobed nucleus
• 2% acetic acid
• reddish purple with stain
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What disease?

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Disease: pyuria

  • pyelonephritis
  • Cystitis
  • prostatitis
  • urethritis
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Eosinophils

  • drug-induced interstitial nephritis
  • renal transplant rejection
  • big red/orangish granules
  • must have dye to see
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Hansel stain

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Eosinophils

  • percent per 100 to 500 cells
  • > 1% significant
  • concentrate sediment, centrifuge, or cytocentrifuge
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Monocytes/mononuclear cells

-Renal transplant rejection and chronic inflammation

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Identify epithelial cells: RBC, squamous, WBC, RTE, transitional

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From left to right:

Squamous, RTE, WBC, transitional, RBC

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Where are squamous epithelial cells found in the body?

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Vagina, male and female urethra

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Where are transitional epithelial cells found in the body?

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Bladder, renal pelvis, calyces, ureters, upper male urethra

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Where are renal tubular epithelial cells found in the body?

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Renal tubules

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Squamous epithelial cells

  • large irregular, abundant cytoplasm, small prominent nucleus
  • slough from the vagina and urethra
  • normal finding seen more frequently in females
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Transitional epithelial cells
Morphology: pear, spheric, or caudate (tails). Round central nucleus
When in large numbers or clumps = bladder cancer

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Renal tubular epithelial cells
- round or oval, large prominent eccentric nucleus
Clinical significance: acute tubular necrosis, acute viral or bacterial infection, renal toxicity, glomerulonephritis

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RTECs that have absorbed lipids

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Oval fat body

- confirmed by fat stains and polarized light

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Oval fat body

-Lipiduria: nephrotic syndrome

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Where are casts formed in the nephron?

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Distal convoluted tubule or the collecting duct

43
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Factors that cause casts to form

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  • Acidity increased
  • proteinuria
  • stasis
  • concentration increase
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Macroscopic (appearance) and chemical correlation of all casts

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Appearance: variable
Chemical: pH acid, protein positive

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Macroscopic (appearance) and chemical correlation of RBC casts

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Appearance: red, pink, non clear
Chemical: blood positive

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Macroscopic (appearance) and chemical correlation of WBC casts

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Appearance: turbid to cloudy
Chemical: leukocyte esterase positive, nitrite variable

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Macroscopic (appearance) and chemical correlation of bilirubin casts

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Appearance: Amber to brown
Chemical: bilirubin positive, urobilinogen positive

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Macroscopic (appearance) and chemical correlation of hemoglobin/myoglobin casts

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Appearance: red to brown, clear
Chemical: blood positive

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Macroscopic (appearance) and chemical correlation of fatty casts

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Appearance: turbid to oily
Chemical: none

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Hyaline cast

  • Homogenous, transparent, colorless cylinder with parallel sides and rounded ends
  • strenuous exercise
  • pathology in large numbers
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WBC cast

  • transparent cylindrical matrix with embedded WBCs
  • pyelonephritis or inflammatory renal disease
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RBC cast

  • transparent reddish-orange brown cylindrical matrix with embedded RBCs
  • significance: glomerulonephritis, glomerular bleeding, strenuous exercise
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Renal tubular cell cast

  • transparent clinidical protein matrix with embedded RTE cells
  • significance: renal tubular damage, acute nephritis, tubular necrosis
  • pink photo = terminally sick
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Granular cast

  • transparent cylindrical matrix with course or fine embedded granules
  • few seen after strenuous exercise
  • increased seen in urine stasis of cellular casts with same significance
  • deterioration, looks like fine granules
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Waxy cast

  • homogeneous, smooth, glassy opaque cylinder with cracked margins and broken off edges
  • Extreme urinary stasis, indicating chronic renal failure
  • cellular → granular → waxy
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Fatty casts

  • transparent cylinder filled with refractive fat droplets
  • Maltese cross formation in polarized light
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Fatty casts significance

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  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • crush injuries
  • toxic tubular necrosis
  • diabetes mellitus
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Pathologic and seen in liver diseases, inborn errors of metabolism, or renal damage from medications (iatrogenic)

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Urinary crystals

  • specific geometric forms or amorphous
  • crystallurig is usually clinically insignificant and non pathogenic
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How are crystals formed?

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  • Increased solute formation
  • decreased urine flow
  • acidic pH
  • decrease in temperature after voiding
60
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Where are most uric acid crystals seen?

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Leukemia, gout, lesch-nhyan

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Amorphous uric acid crystals

- acid pH yellow brown

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Macroscopic uric acid crystals

- pinkish sediment

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Calcium oxalate: dihydrate

  • colorless envelope shape
  • associated with foods high in oxalic acid
  • non pathogenic
  • tomatoes, asparagus (odor)
  • acid /neutral pH
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Calcium oxalate: monohydrate

  • oval dumbbell shape
  • can be seen in ethylene glycol poisoning
  • significant
  • acid/neutral pH
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Phosphates: amorphous

  • granular, white sediment
  • not pathogenic, can be from refrigeration
  • alk/neutral pH
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Phosphates: triple phosphates

  • coffin lids
  • alk/neutral pH
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Ammonium biurate

  • normal alk pH
  • yellow-brown “thorny apples” seen in old urine
  • accumulation of ammonia
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Calcium carbonate

  • normal alk pH
  • bow ties and dumbbell forms gas from acetic acid
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Cystine

  • abnormal crystals
  • Acid pH
  • colorless hexagonal plates seen in cystinuria, a metabolic disorder resulting in renal stones
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Chlesterol

  • abnormal crystal
  • acid pH
  • notched plates seen in Lipiduria produced in nephrotic syndrome
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Leucine

  • abnormal crystal associated with liver disease
  • spheres with concentric striations
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Tyrosine

  • abnormal crystal associated with liver disease
  • needles forming clumps
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Bilirubin

  • abnormal crystals associated with liver disease
  • reddish brown, clumped, needles
74
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Sulfa

- Iatrogenic (medication) crystals

75
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Ampicillin

- Iatrogenic (medication) crystals

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78
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Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
- parasite
79
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Schistosoma haematobium

- parasite

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Trichomonas vaginalis

-Parasite

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Starch/powder

- artifact

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