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

Dr. Vipin Varghese @vipvargh

#Muddy #Brown #Granular
Muddy Brown Granular ... Varghese @vipvargh #Muddy ... #Brown #Granular ... urine #microscopy #MBGC
Examples of varying granular and granular/waxy mixed casts: 
A: coarse granular/broad-waxy (and surrounding white blood cells);
light granular/muddy ... brown granular, ... C and D: muddy ... brown granular/
Granular & “Muddy Brown” Casts on Urine Microscopy
A. Finely granular cast B. slightly coarser granular cast
Granular & “Muddy ... Brown” Casts on ... coarse (c) and muddy ... brown (mb) granular
Muddy Brown Casts in ATN
#Clinical #Path #Nephro #Urine #Microscopy #MuddyBrownCasts #ATN
Muddy Brown Casts
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
signs of ATN (muddy ... brown casts)
Urinary Casts and Disease Associations
Hyaline - May be nonspecific; seen in normal individuals or during severe
cellular casts "Muddy-brown
Urine Microscopy - Casts
Acellular Casts
 • Hyaline Casts - Consists of only precipitated Tamm-Horsfell protein without
• "Muddy Brown
Atlas of Urine Microscopy Findings
 • Epithelial cells - Normal
 • Renal tubular cells - Acute
renal disease • “Muddy ... brown cast” - Necrotic
Metabolic Pathways of Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: Adopted from chart originally published in Purple Urine Bag
Bacteria commonly grown ... in the urine culture
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
: milky fluid; brown ... Optional tests: Culture ... in blood culture ... perforation), TB smear/culture