kidney non-tumorous lesion measurement kidney total tubule cast count 2020-06-11T14:12:46Z CMO:0003444 PMID:11682445 The total number of microscopically detected kidney tubule casts observed in a kidney.Renal intratubular casts may be hyaline or granular and observed in a number of renal diseases. Commonly observed hyaline (eosinophilic, homogeneous, proteinaceous) casts are associated with increased glomerular permeability such as with chronic progressive nephropathy and granular (necrotic cellular debris) casts are indicative of previous tubule cell necrosis. VT:0010580 clinical_measurement_ontology https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov kidney total tubular cast count renal total tubule cast count slaulede total intratubular cast count