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Arthrocentesis - Joint Fluid Analysis

Effusion Characteristics (Color, Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals, Bacteria) by Disease Process: 
OA,
Clarity, WCC, PMN, Crystals ... positively birefringent crystals ... negatively birefringent crystals ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Urine Microscopy Crystals
Uric Acid crystals:
 - Formation promoted by acidic urine
 - Seen in tumor lysis
Urine Microscopy Crystals ... Uric Acid crystals ... Calcium phosphate crystals ... triple phosphate") crystals ... #comparison #table
Kidney stone type, corresponding urine sediment, urinary risk factors, and associated clinical settings.
#Diagnosis #Nephrology #Urine #Microscopy
Kidney #Stones #Crystals ... Composition #Shapes #Table
Synovial Fluid Analysis:

Findings (COLOR	TRANSPARENCY	VISCOSITY	WBC COUNT (PER MM3)	PMN CELL COUNT (%)	GRAM STAIN	CULTURE	PCR TEST	CRYSTALS)

By Condition (Normal 
Noninflammatory 
Inflammatory:
CULTURE PCR TEST CRYSTALS ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Arthrocentesis of synovial fluid - Interpretation
 - Normal
 - Noninflammatory	
 - Inflammatory	
 - Septic

Viscosity of synovial
The presence of crystals ... Effusion #Analysis #Table
Sulfa Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Sulfa Crystal!  Drug-induced crystalluria is a cause of acute renal failure
Sulfa Crystals on ... Microscopy Sulfa Crystal ... TELMALEMOS10 #Sulfa #Crystals
Hippuric Acid Crystals on Urine Microscopy

This crystal is present in the urine of people working with
Hippuric Acid Crystals ... Microscopy This crystal
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
caused by Ca2+ crystals ... #Medications #Table
These are oxalate crystals, which look like little envelopes (or tetrahedrons, depending upon your point of
These are oxalate crystals ... Oxalate crystals ... Microscopy #Oxalate #Crystals
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
calcium to form CPP crystals ... Acute CPP Crystal ... Chronic CPP Crystal ... to phagocytosed crystals ... Extracellular crystals