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Urinary Sediment Microscopy: Cells, Flora, and Casts
Key elements of urinary sediment under light microscopy: erythrocytes, leukocytes, epithelium, hyaline, granular, and waxy casts, bacteria, and yeast.
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Waxy Casts
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Waxy Casts in Urine Sediment Microscopy
Morphology of waxy casts in native urine samples at 400x magnification: cracks, hemoglobin impregnation, and associated hematuria.
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Waxy Casts in Urine Sediment: Morphology and Microscopy
Detection of waxy casts in native urine sediment with proteinuria. Limitations of automated analyzers and the importance of manual sediment microscopy.
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Urine Sediment Microscopy: Cylinders and Renal Epithelium
Atlas of urine sediment in proteinuria (3 g/L): microscopy of fatty, waxy, granular, and epithelial casts, as well as renal epithelial cells.
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Urine Sediment Microscopy: Types of Casts in Nephropathy
Urine sediment microscopy in a nephrology patient: differential diagnosis of casts, proteinuria 3 g/L, hematuria, and renal epithelial cells.
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Waxy Casts in Urine Sediment: Morphology and Diagnostic Value
Explore the morphology of waxy casts in urine sediment: their formation in tubules, characteristic cracks, contours, and diagnostic significance in renal diseases.
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Waxy Casts with Vacuolar Degeneration in Urine
Morphology of urinary casts: differential diagnosis and terminology of waxy casts in a state of vacuolar degeneration. Learn more about this condition.