Morphological characteristics of casts in native urine sediment: fatty, hyaline, granular, and waxy casts under light microscopy.
🔬 VETERINARY CYTOLOGY Cat urine. Unstained wet sediment.
The microphotograph shows various types of casts: (Top left): lipid (fatty) cast; (Top right): hyaline cast; (Bottom left): granular cast; (Bottom right): waxy cast.
Source: Francesco Cian - Differential Diagnosis of Body Fluids in Small Animal Cytology, 2023 Photo source: 🏛 Library “Veterinary Laboratory Medicine”
Key elements of urinary sediment under light microscopy: erythrocytes, leukocytes, epithelium, hyaline, granular, and waxy casts, bacteria, and yeast.
Urine sediment microscopy in a nephrology patient: differential diagnosis of casts, proteinuria 3 g/L, hematuria, and renal epithelial cells.
Morphology of ammonium biurate crystals in urine sediment in a dog with liver failure after cycasin intoxication. Microscopy features.
