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Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Urine Microscopy ... suggestive of acute ... tubular necrosis ... #Urine #Microscopy ... #nephrology #interpretation
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
Atlas of Urine Microscopy ... tubular cells - Acute ... ” - Necrotic tubular ... protein indicating acute ... key #diagnosis #nephrology
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
and concentrated urine ... are seen in acute ... tubular necrosis ... #Differential #Microscopy ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) on Urine Microscopy

The specimen was thick to the point it did not
Acute Tubular Necrosis ... (ATN) on Urine ... Microscopy The ... #ATN #Urine #Microscopy ... #clinical #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Tubular Necrosis ... Epithelial cell casts ... Obstruction • Cast ... polyangiitis /microscopic ... #KidneyInjury #Nephrology
Urinalysis & Urine Sodium 
Theophilus Protospatharius, a seventh-century physician who wrote the first manuscript focused exclusively
Microscopic exam ... • Urinary casts ... Acute Kidney Injury ... Acute Tubular Necrosis ... #UNa #casts #glucosuria
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
sediment Microscopic ... sediment by microscopy ... hematuria: - RBC casts ... • Papillary necrosis ... causes #urology #nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Simplified Approach to Acute ... require urgent nephrology ... IMPROVEMENT If the urine ... Assess UA w/ microscopy ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts
ATN on Urine Microscopy

The specimen was thick to the point it did not spread when the
ATN on Urine Microscopy ... MunerMohamed1 #ATN #Urine ... #Microscopy #clinical ... #nephrology #acute ... #tubular #necrosis
Acute Rheumatic Fever with Erythema Marginatum - Painless, nonpruritic, red annular macules appeared on the upper
Acute Rheumatic ... upper limbs and abdomen ... Clinical #Derm #Pathology ... ErythemaMarginatum #Microscopy ... #NEJM