triple phosphate (struvite) crystals in urine

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Etiology

chronic urinary tract infection with urease-producing organism

Laboratory

urine microscopy
- coffin lid crystals in urine (image)^[2]
urine pH will be greater than 7.5.

More general terms

crystals in urine

Additional terms

struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate, MgNH4PO4)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, 17. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012, 2015
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 20 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2025
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Wikipedia: Struvite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struvite

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