cast

(kast). A mold of a hollow organ, as of a renal tubule or a bronchiole, formed of effused plastic matter. blood-c., a filament of coagu- ted fibrin in the urine, inclosing blood-corpus- τ cles. coma c., a renal cast containing strongly refracting granules: said to indicate oncoming coma in diabetes. Called also Ku‘ilz’s cylinder. decidual c., the fleshy ma discharged from the uterus at the time of rupture of an ectopic pregnancy. epithelial c., a urinary cast made up of columnar renal epithelium or of round cells. false c., a cylindroid. fatty c., any cast made up of material loaded with fat-globules. granular c., a dark-colored renal cast of granular or cell-like substance, it being a degenerated form of a hyaline Or waxy Cast. ine c., a nearly transparent urinary cast made up of homogeneous protein, but slightly refractive. Ktils’s c., short hyaline or granular casts seen at the beginning and during the course of diabetic coma. mucus-c., a cylindroid. pus-c., a renal cast made up of fibrin containing leukocytes. renal c., a cylindriform body from the urine, derived from any of the collecting tubules of the kidney or from a loop of Henle. spiral c., a renal cast having a spiral or twisted shape. spurious c., spurious tube-c., a-cylindroid. tube-c., any cast of a renal tubule formed in a disease of the kidney. c., one made up of a highly refractive, translucent, amyloid substance.