Urinary Sediment

Gathered by:Maryam Hami MD,

Associate Professor of Nephrology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

HEMATURIA

LEUKOCYTORIA

RENAL TUBULAR EPITHELIAL CELLS

TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIAL CELLS

SQUAMOUS EPITHELIAL CELLS

LIPIDS

In the urine sediment lipids appear as:- free lipid droplets (isolated or in aggregates)- oval fat bodies- fatty casts- cholesterol crystals.

CASTS

CRYSTALS

BACTERIA