Urines and Smears Alan Cheng UNC Medicine Upper Level Conference 7/15/09
Epithelial cell Transitional cell Above, clue cell. Below, normal.
Normal RBC’s Crenated RBC’s from elevated SG or PH. Normal RBC’s Dysmorphic RBC’s (mickey mouse)
Mixed bacteria trichomonad B – yeast, C - RBC
Hyaline casts WBC cast RBC cast Granular cast vs WBC cast
RBC casts WBC cast
Uric acid crystals Calcium oxalate Triple phosphate or Struvite Cysteine stones Calcium oxalate
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Triple phosphate Uric acid
A = renal tubular cell B = WBC A = renal tubular cell B = oval fat body oval fat body ineatlas_f.htm
Now on to heme…
Normal smear Plasma cell lymphocyte
neutrophil Monocyte BasophilNeutrophil and eosinophil
reticulocyte
Acanthocyte (spur cell) -Liver disease -Asplenia Echinocyte (burr cell) -(Liver or) Renal disease
Howell Jolly bodies Basophilic Stippling Nucleated RBC Pappenheimer bodies
Malaria Auer Rods, AML M3
Heinz body Rouleaux (stack of coins)
elliptocyte spherocyte
schistocyte Teardrop cell Sickle cells
Target cell – increase in membrane:volume ratio -Asplenia - Thalassemia - Hemoglobinopathies - Liver disease - Iron deficiency
normal macrocytosis Microcytic, hypochromic
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