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Where does casts formed? |
Distal convulated tubules and collecting ducts |
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Major protein constituent of casts |
Tamm-horsfall protein |
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Most frequently seen cast |
Hyaline casts |
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Pink color in stemheimer-malbin stain |
Hyaline cast |
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Normal hyaline value presents in urine |
0 to 2 LPF |
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Cast that is primarily associated with damage to the glomerulus that allows passage of this cellw through glomerular membrane |
RBC Casts |
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Signifies infection or inflammation |
WBC Casts |
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Casts that are associated with heavy metal and chemical or drug- induced toxicity, viral infections and allograft rejection. |
Epithelial cell casts |
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Frequently seen in the urinary sediment and may be f pathologic or nonpathologic significance |
Coarse or fine granular casts |
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Often appear as fragmented with jagged ends and have notches in their sides |
Waxy casts |
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Representative of extreme urine stasis, indicating chronif renal failure |
Waxy casts |
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Seen in conjunction with oval fat bodies and free fat droplets in disorders causing lipiduria |
Fattu casts |
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Often referred to as renal failure casts |
Broad casts |
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Casts that are present in GLOMERULONEPHRITIS |
Hyaline cast RBC cast Coarse or fine granular casts |
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Casts present in PYELONEPHRITIS |
Hyaline cast WBC cast Bacterial Cast Coarse or fine granular cast |
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Casts present at chronic renal failure |
Waxy cast Hyaline Cast |
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Cast present in heart failure |
Hyaline cast |
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Casts present in stress or with strenous exercise |
Hyaline cast RBC Cast Coarsecor fine granular casts |