Maltese Cross Urine Cast. Martin sedlacek m d and anton c. Composed of irregular refractile droplets of fat which show a maltese cross polarization pattern bound by matrix.
There also may be free globules of fat in the urine. Directed by jim mckay. With nephrotic range proteinuria one may see lipid droplets.
The maltese cross is a cross symbol consisting of four v or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles two tips pointing outward symmetrically it is a heraldic cross variant which developed from earlier forms of eight pointed crosses in the 16th century.
Martin sedlacek m d and anton c. Composed of irregular refractile droplets of fat which show a maltese cross polarization pattern bound by matrix. They form via precipitation of tamm horsfall mucoprotein. With nephrotic range proteinuria one may see lipid droplets.