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Glitter Cells on Urine Microscopy

"Glitter Cells", look like little snow globes - Brightfield, unstained 

Dr. Jay
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Glitter cells on Urine Microscopy
Leukocytes that phagocytized the Bilirubin crystal!!!

Dr. Telma Lemos @TELMALEMOS10

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Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red blood cells on urine microscopy. Must exclude false positives
Algorithm Red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... Hematuria with active ... with polyangiitis/microscopic ... Hematuria with active
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... signs/symptoms of active ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... of AFB by smear microscopy ... Management:
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... macrophages and T cells ... Active: Symptomatic ... Langerhans giant cells ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... macrophages and T cells ... Active: Symptomatic ... Langerhans giant cells ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
dissociation in urine ... Dystrophy Heme: • ↓ activity ... Increased plasma cells ... : • UPEP with Urine ... polarized light microscopy
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... Excessive glutamate activity ... - Microglial cells ... by decreasing activity ... neurology #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... increased B-cell activity ... tissue: Epithelioid cells ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
apical membrane of cells ... Hypocalciuria (spot urine ... diagnosis #nephrology #management ... #pathophysiology