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Urine sample

Urine - hemoglobin

Normally, hemoglobin does not appear in the urine.

Hemoglobinuria may be a result of any of the following:

• Acute glomerulonephritis
• Pyelonephritis
• Transfusion reaction
• Crushing injury (more likely from myoglobin than hemoglobin)
• Burns
• Malaria
• Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
• Sickle cell anemia
• Hemoglobin C disease
• Hemoglobin SC disease
• Renal tumor
• Tuberculosis
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
• Thrombotic thromocytic purpura (TTP)
• Thalassemia

Review Date: 12/15/2006
Reviewed By: Robert Hurd, MD, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.