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Muddy Brown Granular Casts three ways - Brightfield, Darkfield, Phase Contrast.

Dr. Vipin Varghese @vipvargh

#Muddy #Brown #Granular
Muddy Brown Granular ... Casts three ways ... Varghese @vipvargh #Muddy ... Brown #Granular #Casts ... urine #microscopy #MBGC
Granular & “Muddy Brown” Casts on Urine Microscopy
A. Finely granular cast B. slightly coarser granular cast
Granular & “Muddy ... Brown” Casts on ... Finely granular cast ... coarse (c) and muddy ... better appreciated at
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
Acellular Casts ... • Hyaline Casts ... • "Muddy Brown ... tubular necrosis (ATN ... Contains yellow-tan
Muddy Brown Casts in ATN
#Clinical #Path #Nephro #Urine #Microscopy #MuddyBrownCasts #ATN
Muddy Brown Casts ... in ATN #Clinical ... MuddyBrownCasts #ATN
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
sample is not fresh at ... • White cell casts ... disease • Granular casts ... renal disease • “Muddy ... brown cast” - Necrotic
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
look for signs of ATN ... (muddy brown ... casts) • FENa
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
ESR usually at least ... in literature (NEJM ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... (Cornelia NEJM ... remain positive at
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
Echinococcal Cysts ... An enzyme-linked ... assay indicated an ... #clinical #NEJM
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
coronal plane at ... intraparenchymal pulmonary cysts ... numerous thin-walled cysts ... the average age at ... wedge #biopsy #NEJM
Amebic Liver Abscess- ...Computed tomography of the abdomen performed after the administration of contrast material revealed
suggestive of an ... ingestion of amebic cysts ... #NEJM #amebic #liver