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    The document describes different types of crystals that may appear in urine under a microscope, including both normal and abnormal crystals. It provides details on the appearance and characteristics of crystals like calcium oxalate, uric acid, cystine, cholesterol, and others. The document is intended as a reference for identifying crystals seen in urinalysis.

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    URINARY CRYSTALS UNDER MICROSCOPE

    Transcribed by: Dianne Nolasco

    Normal Crystals in ACID urine (CAHUNC)


    Calcium Sulfate
     Cigarrete butt appearance (pinagupusan ng sigarilyo)

    Amorphous Urates
     Appears brick dust yellow-brown granules/precipitates

    Figure 1. Dihydrate CaOx

    Normal crystals in ALKALINE urine (CATAC)


    Calcium Phosphate
     colorless, flat rectangular plates, thin prisms
     rosette formations which may be confused with sulfonamide
    Hippuric acid crystals
     Appear pointed but they usually appear in singles
     Not clinically significant

    Uric acid (Monosodium Urates)


     Seen in variety of shapes: rhombic, four-sided flat plates (whet
    stones), wedges and rosettes, barrel-shaped/lemon-shaped crystals,
    may also have six-sided hexagonal shape similar to cystine ‼
     Yellow brown in color

    Amorphous Phosphates
     White or colorless granules; lalo na pag na-refrigerate na

    Na Urates and Acid Urates


     Acid urates appear as large granules with spicules
     Sodium urates appear as needle-shaped and are seen in synovial fluid
    during episodes of gout
     If seen in urine, they appear slender prisms in fan-like manner and are
    called peacock-tail crystals

    Triple Phosphate
     aka ammonium magnesium phosphate/struvite crystals
     colorless prism that resembles like coffin-lid

    Calcium Oxalate
    o Dihydrate calcium oxalate (weddellite crystals)
     Colorless, octahedral, mukang envelope
     Two pyramids joined at their bases
    o Monohydrate calcium oxalate (whewhellite crystals)
     Oval or dumbbell shaped
    Ammonium Biurate Tyrosine
     yellow brown crystal with characteristic of thorny apples (spicule  Colorless to yellow needles that forms clumps or rosettes
    covered spheres)  Mukang walis

    Leucine
     Yellow brown spheres that demonstrate concentric circles with radial
    striations; Scallop-lily crystal
    Calcium Carbonate
     colorless dumbbell/spherical shape crystals
     may appear in clumps that resembles amorphous materials
     napapagkamalang yeast cells

    Bilirubin crystals
     Appear as clumped needles or granules with characteristic dark
    yellow color of bilirubin
     Should be accompanied with positive chemical test for bilirubin

    Abnormal Crystals in Urine


    Manner of reporting: average and reported/lpf
    Cystine
     Hexagonal plates; colorless and could be thick or thin
     Difficult to distinguish from uric acid

    Miscellaneous/Iatrogenic Crystals
    Sulfonamide Crystals
     Rhombic, needles, whetstones, sheaves of wheat, rosettes ranging
    from colorless to yellow brown (may resemble calcium phosphate)

    Cholesterol crystals
     Rectangular plates with notch in one or more corners
     Staircase pattern/stair step crystals/notched crystals

    Ampicillin crystals
     Colorless needles in bundles AFTER REFRIGERATION

    Radiographic dye crystals


     Similar to cholesterol crystal and are also highly birefringent
     Blunt or smooth ang end kaysa kay cholesterol crystal

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