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Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney stone type ... corresponding urine ... #Microscopy #Urinary ... #Kidney #Stones ... #Crystals #Types
Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Urine Microscopy ... - Kidney Stones ... and Crystals ... @Neph_Sim #Urine ... #Microscopy #Crystals
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
Underlying disease states ... Pathophysiology ... crystals, which ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Chronic CPP Crystal
Gout: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 - Conditions of rapid cell turnover: hemolysis, psoriasis, lymphoproliferative disorders
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lactic acid -> Ketones ... for excretion in urine ... phagocytose the crystal ... Needle-shaped uric acid crystals ... Hyperuricemia #Pathophysiology
Pseudogout: pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - Idiopathic (vast majority of cases) -> Mechanism unknown
 - Familial
) crystals from ... phosphorous in bones ... and/or x-ray - CPPD ... Crystals - Positively ... Signs #Symptoms #Pathophysiology
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Urinalysis & Urine ... • Ketones • ... Microscopic exam ... • Crystals ... #Urinalysis #crystals
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
) Pathophysiology ... crystals, which ... Underlying disease states ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Chronic CPP Crystal
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
• softening of bones ... of feet, thigh bones ... nephrocalcinosis • CPPD ... collection with EDTA Pathophysiology ... hydroxyapatite crystal