Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate (Struvits) 

 

Urology
original magnification x100

Author : Dr Pierre Hébert

Morphology: coffinlike colorless prisms.

pH
: neutral to alkaline urine, the crystals dissolve following acidification.

!
: the sharp outlines of struvits may become featherlike or moth-eaten as they dissolve

 

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