Open AccessWhat Is Your Guess? The Case of the Blue-Green Urine
Author(s) -
Steven W. Cotten,
Christopher R. McCudden
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2011.161919
Subject(s) - urine , chromatography , chemistry , medicine
A random urine sample was received for routine urinalysis from a 62-year-old patient who had undergone multiple surgeries 9 months earlier to treat metastatic bladder cancer. The patient was at that time prescribed amlodipine, fosinopril, omeprazole, pravastatin, Prosed™ DS (Ferring Pharmaceuticals), and VESIcare (Astellas Pharma).Fig. 1. Urine sample from patient with a history of bladder cancer.1. What is responsible for the unique color of this urine sample (Fig. 1)?2. Will the color interfere …
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