Sediment, or specks ... occurs when your bladder doesn’t empty completely and the remaining urine develops crystals. Small stones might pass without any intervention, but larger bladder stones ...

Identifying casts in urine sediment can provide important diagnostic ... [16] Many different types of crystals can be seen in urinary sediment. They can be classified as common, pathologic and ...

Urine contains a large number of different chemicals. Under some circumstances, these chemicals may solidify into salt crystals. This is called crystalluria. Crystals can be found in the urine of ...

Microscopic examination of the urine sediment is an important tool for ... such as an examination of joint crystals or analysis of blood smears. At our teaching conferences we have routinely ...

He had no proteinuria or hematuria. The urine sediment was remarkable for the presence of abundant calcium oxalate crystals. He did not have a personal history of kidney stones or any family ...

If you’ve ever had to provide a sample for a urinalysis or other kind of “pee test,” sometimes that up-close-and-personal ...

In the conventional practice, a urine sediment test covers six items: red blood cells, white blood cells, squamous cells, urinary casts, crystals, and bacteria, while urine bacterial culture and ...