LOINC display name : Acanthocytes LM Ql (Urine sed);
LOINC long common name : Acanthocytes [Presence] in Urine sediment by Light microscopy;
LOINC short name : Acanthocytes UrnS Ql Micro;
LOINC description : Acanthocytes are a type of dysmorphic red blood cell (RBC) with vesicle-shaped protrusions.
The presence of acanthocytes in urine sediment is indicative of glomerular pathology.
Although hematuria is common in diabetic nephropathy, acanthocytosis is not; therefore,
patients with diabetic nephropathy who are found to have acanthocytes in their urine
sediment should have further work-up to determine the etiology of glomerular disease.
[PMID: 14693988];
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