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Abstract

Introduction: Urine analysis was the first laboratory test performed in medicineand has been used for several thousand years. Today it continues to be a powerful tool inobtaining crucial information for diagnostic purposes in medicine.1 Aims and Objectives:To estimate the source of bleeding by erythrocyte morphology on PCM, in patients withhaematuria. Study Design: Descriptive. Setting: The Nephrology and Urology out Patients.Period: 2014 to 2015. Methods: Urinary samples were collected from 100 random patientswho presented with haematuria. Samples were examined by face contrast microscope.UrineRBCs were identified as isomorphic and dysmorphic, proportion was taken, >20% of eithercells were used for localizing the source of bleeding. Later on, finding was furtherconfirmed byultra sound or other investigations like renal Biopsies and cell cytology. Result: In our studywe found that not only the correct bleeding site can be located with a high specificity, but alsoadditional findings can be looked for with a little background knowledge of patient’s medicalhistory. Conclusion: Phase contrast microscopy should be used by the clinicians for gatheringthe primitive information in the patients with haematuria.