Urine sediment microscopy in a nephrology patient: differential diagnosis of casts, proteinuria 3 g/L, hematuria, and renal epithelial cells.
🔬 Urine sediment microscopy. Protein in urine 3 g/L. Patient from the Department of Nephrology and Hemodialysis.
✅ Microscopy of the urine sediment revealed hematuria, predominantly dysmorphic erythrocytes; leukocytes - up to 20 per HPF; renal epithelium with fatty degeneration. An abundance of various casts: red blood cell, granular, epithelial, hyaline, and waxy.
🙏 Photos and description kindly provided by biologist Anna Feditskaya, Luhansk
Atlas of urine sediment in proteinuria (3 g/L): microscopy of fatty, waxy, granular, and epithelial casts, as well as renal epithelial cells.
Key elements of urinary sediment under light microscopy: erythrocytes, leukocytes, epithelium, hyaline, granular, and waxy casts, bacteria, and yeast.
Morphology of erythrocyte casts in urine sediment: microscopic signs of renal hematuria in glomerulonephritis and other kidney lesions.
