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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Mickey Mouse
Challenge: This pattern of findings is consistent with what kind of disease?
These images are all from a urine sediment. The first image shows phase contrast microscopy of dysmorphic red blood cells. The second image is scanning microscopy of the same phenomenon. The third image shows free red cells and a red cell cast. These findings are virtually pathognomonic for glomerulonephritis or vasculitis.
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Mickey Mouse
These images are all from a urine sediment. The first image shows phase contrast microscopy of dysmorphic red blood cells. The second image is scanning microscopy of the same phenomenon. The third image shows free red cells and a red cell cast. These findings are virtually pathognomonic for glomerulonephritis or vasculitis.
Source: UpToDate.
Great article, just what I needed.
thank you for all your efforts that you have put
in this. Very interesting info.
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