What Does Granular Casts in Urine Mean
Granular Casts Are a Sign of Many Types of Kidney Diseases. Red Blood Cell Casts Mean There Is a Microscopic Amount of Bleeding from the Kidney. They Are Seen...
Granular casts are a sign of many types of kidney diseases. Red blood cell casts mean there is a microscopic amount of bleeding from the kidney. They are seen in many kidney diseases. Renal tubular epithelial cell casts reflect damage to tubule cells in the kidney.
Can granular casts be normal?
Casts in urine from normal individuals are few or none (and are usually hyaline or granular in nature).
What does it mean to have casts in your urine?
They may be considered to represent a biopsy of the kidney. If a cast is seen in the urine, kidney disease or in- volvement exists; the presence of casts indicates kidney (renal) disease rather than lower urinary tract disease.
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