Chronic changes observed with nephrotic syndrome include waxy casts, oval fat bodies, and lipid droplets. In one series of 128 patients with SLE nephritis, red cell casts were present in only 39 (7.5%) of the patients.9 Active lupus nephritis is often preceded by rising anti-DNA antibody ...
Epithelial cells 1) Squamous 2) Transitional (bladder) 3) Renal 4) Oval fat bodies d. Casts 1) Hyaline 2) Red blood cell 3) White blood cell 4) Renal tubular epithelial cell 5) Granular 6) Fatty 7) Waxy e. Crystals 1) Normal acid a) Calcium oxalate b) Uric acid c) Amorphous u...
4.Identifythefollowingstructuresfoundinurinebymicroscopicexam,photographs, kodachromesorworddescriptions: a.Redbloodcells b.Whitebloodcells c.Epithelialcells 1)Squamous 2)Transitional(bladder) 3)Renal 4)Ovalfatbodies d.Casts 1)Hyaline 2)Redbloodcell 3)Whitebloodcell 4)Renaltubularepithelialcell 5)...
Proteinuria: Dipstick methods are reliable and easy to perform. Dipstick screening should be done on whole urine but semi-quantitative tests should be done on the supernatant of centrifuged urine since the cells suspended in normal urine can produce a falsely high estimation of protein. These ...