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Cellular casts

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  • white cell casts are seen in pyelonephritis.
  • red cell casts are always pathological and are seen in glomerulonephritis as well as many other renal diseases.
  • tubular cell casts are seen in acute tubular necrosis.

Epithelial cells are a normal constituent of the urinary sediment.


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