granular cast
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gran·u·lar cast
a relatively dark, dense urinary cast of coarsely or finely particulate cellular debris and other proteinaceous material, frequently seen in chronic renal disease but also in the recovery phase of acute renal failure.
See also: waxy cast.
See also: waxy cast.
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granular cast
Nephrology A finding in urinalysis characterized by molded forms from renal tubules punctuated by multiple granules; fine GCs arise from degenerating renal tubular cells; coarse GCs may correspond to a degenerating cell in the renal tubule. See Cast.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
gran·u·lar cast
(GC) (granyū-lăr kast)Dark, dense urinary cast of particulate cellular debris and other proteinaceous material, frequently seen in chronic renal disease.
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