Urine Discoloration

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Etiology

• dark yellow, brown: bilirubin
• brown-black

• homogentisic acid ( ochronosis)
• melanin ( melanoma)
• metronidazole
• alpha-methyldopa ( Aldomet)
• levodopa ( Sinemet)
• phenothiazines

• red

• beets
• rifampin
• porphyria
• hemoglobinuria
• myoglobinuria
• phenozopyridine ( Pyridium)
• urates

• blue-green

• indomethacin
• amitriptyline

• turbid white

• pyuria
• chylous fistula
• crystalluria

Additional Terms

• amitriptyline (Elavil, Endep)
• hemoglobin
• indomethacin (Indocin)
• levodopa (L-dopa, Dopar, Larodopa, L-3-hydroxytyrosine, L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine)
• melanin
• melanoma
• methyldopa (Aldomet)
• metronidazole (Flagyl, MetroGel)
• myoglobin
• ochronosis
• phenazopyridine (Pyridium, Azo-Standard, Uristat, Prodium)
• phenothiazine
• porphyria
• pyuria (leukocytouria)
• rifampin; rifampicin (Rifadin, Rimactane)
• urate; uric acid
• urinalysis (UA)

References

Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 620

urine discoloration