Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 14

Identify specimens that should be referred for cytodiagnostic testing.

Step 1 of 2

Cytodiagnostic testing:

Cytodiagnostic urine testing is performed in routine urinalysis to detect malignancy of lower urinary tract.

• The test is performed by cytology laboratory

• Cytodiagnostic urine test provides information about changes in renal tubules related with fungal, viral, cellular inclusions, inflammatory conditions, transplant rejection, pathologic casts, and parasitic infections