Area di Medicina di laboratorio - Laboratorio Analisi I, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", Roma, Italy.
Laboratorio Clinico e di Ricerca sul Sedimento Urinario, U.O. di Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianto di rene, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy.
Clin Chim Acta. 2018 Apr;479:72-73. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2018.01.018. Epub 2018 Jan 11.
In this paper we describe a case with very unusual "needle- and pencil-like" crystals, partly similar to those reported by other investigators, who considered them as due to uric acid. Quite importantly, infrared spectroscopy investigation which, to our knowledge, we have been the first to perform on this type of crystals, confirmed their nature as uric acid structures. This case demonstrates that the planet of urinary crystals still has several unknown facets and still deserves exploration.
本文描述了一例非常特殊的“针状和铅笔状”晶体,部分与其他研究者报道的相似,他们认为这些晶体是由于尿酸引起的。非常重要的是,我们进行了此类晶体的首次红外光谱研究,证实了它们的尿酸结构本质。该病例表明,尿晶体领域仍有许多未知方面,值得进一步探索。