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Microscopic exam of urine pt 1 Flashcards

1
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RBCs normal value in urine

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0-2 per hpf

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How do RBCs look in concentrated urine?

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Small and crenated bc hypertonic

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3
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How do RBCs look in dilute urine

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  • Ghost cells = Swollen, lysed, membrane intact
  • Don’t count, just note
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4
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RBCs confused with

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  • Yeast
  • Oil droplets
  • Air bubbles
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5
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Hematuria

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RBC in urine

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6
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Explain how presence or absence of RBCs may not correlate with urine color or blood chemical result

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  • 1-4 RBC/hpf but chem strip negative
  • Chem strip positive but no RBC seen microscopically due to RBC lysis, hemoglobin, or myoglobin
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7
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Acetic acid lyses ___ but not ____

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  • RBCs
  • Yeast, WBCs, or oil droplets
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8
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Dysmorphic RBCs (cellular protrusions, vary in size, fragmented) big sign of ___

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  • Glomerular bleeding
  • Rarely seen due to strenuous exercise
  • 2nd tech review required bc rare and looks like yeast
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9
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WBC normal value

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0-5 per hpf

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WBC size and usual identity

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  • 12 microns
  • PMN
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11
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WBCS in hypertonic urine
How they look
Leukocyte esterase reaction

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  • Shrink
  • Do not release granules, may be negative for leukocyte esterase strip test
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12
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WBC hyptonic urine

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Swell

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13
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Glitter cells

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  • WBCs in hypotonic urine swell, thus granules undergo Brownian movement to cause glittering
  • Not pathologically significant
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14
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Pyuria

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Increased WBCs in urine

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15
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Causes of pyuria

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  • Bacterial infection
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Lupus erythematosus
  • Interstitial nephritis
  • Tumors
  • Parasites
  • Fungi
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16
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Mononuclear cells in urine

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  • Less common to see
  • Lymphs (may resemble RBC), monocytes, macrophages, histocytes
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17
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Lymphs seen in urine when

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Early stages of renal transplant rejection

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18
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What to do with urine that has a lot of mononuclear cells?

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Refer to cytology

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19
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Eosinophils associated with

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  • Drug-induced interstitial nephritis (primary reason)
  • UTI
  • Parasites
  • Renal transplant rejection
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20
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How to stain for eosinophils in UA

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Hansel’s or Wright’s stain

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21
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Clinically significant eosinophil value

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Eos > 1%

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22
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List 3 types of epithelial cells and their sources

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  • Squamous (urethra/genitalia)
  • Transitional (upper urethra)
  • Renal tubule (PCT, DCT, Henle, collecting duct aka nephron)
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23
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ID this cell

24
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ID these cells

25
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ID this cell

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Transitional cell

26
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What cell am I describing
Largest cells in urinary sediment, nucleus about RBC size, easily seen under 10x, slough off, may look like casts, degenerate easily

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Squamous cells

27
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Clue cells

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  • Squamous cells with 75% bacteria
  • Indicate bacterial vaginosis (Gardnerella vaginalis)
28
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Are clue cells reported in hospitals?

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Not usually, they are reported as normal squamous epithelial cells instead

29
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What cell am I describing
Central nuclei, numerous forms, well defined edge

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Transitional epithelial cell!

30
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Transitional epithelial cell normal value

31
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Increased amounts of transitional epithelial cells due to

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Catheterization, but not pathologic in this case

32
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Transitional epithelial cells with vacuoles or irregular nuclei may indicate

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Viral infection, refer to cytology

33
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What cell am I describing
Cuboidal, columnar, or round, flattened edge, eccentric nuclei

34
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RTE normal value and clinically significant value

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  • 0-2/hpf normal
  • RTE > 3/hpf indicates damage or necrosis to renal tubules (infection, drug toxicity, heavy metals, allergic reactions)
35
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Since RTE cells reabsorb glomerular filtrate, what elements can they contain?

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  • Bilirubin = yellow color
  • Hemosiderin = yellow-brown granules
36
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Oval fat bodies

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  • RTE cells that absorbed lipids from glomerular filtrate
  • Highly pathogenic and rare
37
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When are oval fat bodies typically seen

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Seen along with free fat droplets and or fatty casts

38
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Lipiduria

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Fat in urine

39
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Lipiduria associated with

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  • Nephrotic syndrome (glomerular damage)
  • Tubular necrosis
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Trauma (BM fat)
  • Oval fat bodies from histocytes instead of RTE, which are seen in lipid storage diseases
40
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How do you detect oval fat bodies under the microscope?

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  • Stain with Oil Red O or Sudan III
  • Polarizing microscopy to see if there’s cholesterol
41
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Oval fat bodies easily confused with

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Starch or certain crystals

42
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ID the following

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Oval fat body

43
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What does cholesterol look like under polarizing microscopy?

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Maltese cross

44
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If bacteria present, what reagent test strip results do you expect?

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  • Nitrite positive or negative
  • Positive leukocyte esterase if WBC present
45
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Collection method for urine samples suspected to contain bacteria

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Clean catch or random specimen

46
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Increased amounts of bacteria in urine suggest ___. What’s the follow-up test?

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  • UTI
  • Do quantitative urine culture
47
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ID the element

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Usually Candida albicans

48
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Yeast appears in

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  • Diabetes mellitus (acid pH and more glucose)
  • Immunocompromised pts
  • Vaginal yeast infections
49
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If yeast are present, what other element should be present?

50
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Major constituent of mucus

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Tamm-Horsfall protein (uromodulin)

51
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Mucus refractive index

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  • Low, making it hard to see
  • More frequent in female urines
52
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Mucus clinical significance

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None for males or females

53
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ID the element

54
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Increased amounts of semen may produce what positive result on chemical strip test?

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Positive protein

55
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ID the element

56
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What clinically insignificant causes of bacteria in urine are there?

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  • Normal sloughing off normal flora from genitalia
  • Urine sat out more than 2 hrs

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