Chyluria with proteinuria or filarial nephropathy? An enigma

Abstract Lymphatic filariasis is endemic in India. Out of 128 million infected individuals worldwide, India accounts for 48 million cases [Manson's Tropical Diseases, 21st Ed. p 1488]. Filariasis can have protean manifestations, but Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and chyluria are unusual manif...

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Published in:Parasitology international 2007-09, Vol.56 (3), p.251-254
Main Authors: Gulati, Sameer, Gupta, Naresh, Singh, N.P, Batra, S, Garg, Sandeep, Beniwal, Pankaj, Kumar, Sachin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Chyle - parasitology
Chyluria
Filarial nephropathy
Filariasis - complications
Filariasis - parasitology
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Humans
Infectious Disease
Kidney Diseases - complications
Kidney Diseases - parasitology
Lymphatic filariasis
Male
Milky urine
Proteinuria - complications
Urine - chemistry
White urine
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Summary:Abstract Lymphatic filariasis is endemic in India. Out of 128 million infected individuals worldwide, India accounts for 48 million cases [Manson's Tropical Diseases, 21st Ed. p 1488]. Filariasis can have protean manifestations, but Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and chyluria are unusual manifestations reported mainly from South Asian countries [Manson's Tropical Diseases, 21st Ed. p 1494]. Chyluria occurs only in 2% of filarial afflicted patients in the filarial belt [Diamond E, Schapira HE. Chyluria—a review of literature. Urology 1985;26(5): 427–31]. Lymphatic filariasis presenting as chyluria may be equally rare. Predominant chyluria with no overt lymphatic filariasis remains an enigma.
ISSN:1383-5769
1873-0329
DOI:10.1016/j.parint.2007.03.002