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microscopic hematuria

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hematuria (hē´mtoo´rē),
n the presence of blood in the urine.
hematuria, gross,
n the visible evidence of blood in the urine. It may occur from neoplasms of the kidney and bladder, hemorrhagic diathesis, hypertension with renal epistaxis, or acute glomerular nephritis.
hematuria, microscopic,
n the demonstration of hematuria during the microscopic examination of centrifuged urine. It may result from the same causes as gross hematuria or from toxicity of drugs, embolic glomerulitis, vascular diseases, or chronic glomerular nephritis.

microscopic hematuria
Microhematuria Hematuria that can only be detected by LM examination of the urine


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Where I practise, it is not unusual to have patients simultaneously referred to a nephrologist and a urologist for the assessment of microscopic hematuria.
Incidence and growth pattern of simple cysts of the kidney in patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria.
The blood can be noticeable by the naked eye, a condition known as gross hematuria, or only during a laboratory analysis, condition called microscopic hematuria.
 
 
 
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