Question 160 · LEK · Glomerular diseases
A urinalysis in a 45-year-old man revealed proteinuria, erythrocyturia and red blood cell casts. The most probable cause is:
- A. urinary tract infection.
- B. urolithiasis.
- C. idiopathic arterial hypertension.
- D. chronic pyelonephritis.
- E. gromeluronephritis.
Hint
Red cell casts form only inside renal tubules after bleeding through damaged glomeruli.
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