Amorphous urates are normal in urine. Appearance: often appear in noncrystalline amorphous form. Have yellowish-brown (pinkish) granular appearance. In urine with uric acid in it, ...

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Cholesterol crystals are abnormal in urine Appearance: clear, flat plates with notched corners. The appearance of cholesterol is associated with the Nephrotic Syndrome. Cholesterol ...

Leucine crystals are abnormal in urine Appearance: yellow-brown spheroids with concentric rings around the outer edge and radial striations in the center. Leucine crystals may be ...

Tyrosine crystals are abnormal in urine Appearance: colorless to yellow-brown single needles. Also seen as sheaves or rosettes. Tyrosine crystals may be seen in tyrosinemia and ...

Squamous epithelial cells These are often present in the urinary sediment They are large and irregularly shaped, with a small nucleus and fine granular cytoplasm  

Calcium Oxlalate crystals are normal in urine. Appearance: colorless, many forms: Dihydrate: octahedral (“envelope”) is most common Monohydrate: dumbbell, ovoid, or ...

Bilirubin crystals are abnormal crystals in urine. Appearance: Yellow-brown needles or granules. They are frequently attached to the surface of cells. Bilirubin crystals are seen ...

Cystine Crystals are abnormal in urine. Appearance: colorless, thin, hexagonal plates. Cystine crystals are found in the inherited condition, cystinuria. Cystine crystals are the most ...