Improvement of Urinary Stones Analysis Combining Morphological Analysis and Infrared Spectroscopy

Table 5

Composition for the 20 discordant results observed by MA and FT-IR.

#Stone	MA			FT-IR
	Core	Section	Surface	COM	COD	CARBA	STRU	BRU	AU0	AU1	AU2	AmUr	PROT	OCP	WK
5		IVa1				85							15
12	IVa1	IVa1 + IIa	IVa1		40	60		<5
13		Ib	IIb--> Ia	100
18	Ia	Ia	IIb--> Ia	100
26		IIIa	IIIb	<5					50		50
29		Ia + IVa	IIb--> Ia	95		5
42		Ia	IIb--> Ia	70	30	<5
60		Ia	IIb--> Ia	100
67		Ia + IVa	IIb--> Ia	90		10
75		Ia + IVa	IIa	70	20	10		<5						<5
81	IVa1	Ia + IVa1	IVa1	10		70									20
84		Ia	Ia active	100		<5
87		Ia + IVa	IIb--> Ia	95		5
90		Ia	IIb--> Ia	85	10	5
96	Ia	Ia + IIIb	IIIb	50					50
100		Ia	IIIb	90					10
119		IVc	IVc			<5	100
128	IIIc	IIIa		<5					70			30
130		IVa + IVc	IVa + IVc	<5		30	70
134		IVc	IVc			10	90

COM, monohydrate calcium oxalate; COD, dihydrate calcium oxalate; CARBA, carboapatite; STRU, struvite; BRU, brushite; AU0, uric acid anhydrous; AU1, uric acid monohydrate; AU2, uric acid dehydrate; AmUr, ammonium urate; PROT, protein; OCP, octacalcium phosphate; WK, Whitlockite; IIb--> Ia indicates the transition phase COD to COM in the stone.