TY - JOUR
T1 - Waxy casts in the urinary sediment of patients with different types of glomerular diseases
T2 - Results of a prospective study
AU - Spinelli, Diana
AU - Consonni, Dario
AU - Garigali, Giuseppe
AU - Fogazzi, Giovanni B.
PY - 2013/9/23
Y1 - 2013/9/23
N2 - Background: Casts are well known components of the urinary sediment. For most casts, the clinical associations are known and demonstrated, while for waxy casts they are totally unknown. Methods: Prospective study for the search and count of waxy casts in the urinary sediment of patients with different types of glomerular diseases. Results: Waxy casts were found in 39 out of 287 patients (13.6%), mostly in low number (1 to 9 out of 100 casts evaluated/sample). They were frequent in postinfectious glomerulonephritis and renal amyloidosis (5/9 patients, 44.5%, p=. 0.02 for each condition), while they were rare in membranous nephropathy (4/67 patients, 6.0%, 0.04) and absent in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (0/23 patients, p=. 0.05). Waxy casts were associated significantly with higher serum creatinine levels (. p. 1 leukocyte/HPF, granular casts and leukocytic casts (. p=. 0.001 to 0.008) and with higher numbers of erythrocytes, leukocytes, renal tubular epithelial cells, granular casts, epithelial casts, and leukocytic casts (. p
AB - Background: Casts are well known components of the urinary sediment. For most casts, the clinical associations are known and demonstrated, while for waxy casts they are totally unknown. Methods: Prospective study for the search and count of waxy casts in the urinary sediment of patients with different types of glomerular diseases. Results: Waxy casts were found in 39 out of 287 patients (13.6%), mostly in low number (1 to 9 out of 100 casts evaluated/sample). They were frequent in postinfectious glomerulonephritis and renal amyloidosis (5/9 patients, 44.5%, p=. 0.02 for each condition), while they were rare in membranous nephropathy (4/67 patients, 6.0%, 0.04) and absent in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (0/23 patients, p=. 0.05). Waxy casts were associated significantly with higher serum creatinine levels (. p. 1 leukocyte/HPF, granular casts and leukocytic casts (. p=. 0.001 to 0.008) and with higher numbers of erythrocytes, leukocytes, renal tubular epithelial cells, granular casts, epithelial casts, and leukocytic casts (. p
KW - Glomerulonephritis
KW - Urinalysis
KW - Urinary casts
KW - Urinary sediment
KW - Waxy casts
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cca.2013.05.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cca.2013.05.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 23707859
AN - SCOPUS:84879180243
VL - 424
SP - 47
EP - 52
JO - Clinica Chimica Acta
JF - Clinica Chimica Acta
SN - 0009-8981
ER -