Filariasis with Chyluria

Filariasis, with chyluria and nephrotic range proteinuria.

28 yr female presented with (grade III) chyluria, with nephrotic range proteinuria and Ig M mesangial deposition in immunofluorescence, secondary to filariasis which was confirmed by serology and microfilaria in glomerulus,and successfully treated by Renal Pelvic instillation sclerotherapy with 0.2% povidine and medical treatment (Diethylcarbamazine). She was asymptomatic with follow up period ...

Chyluria due to lymphatic filariasis: case report and review.

Filariasis and traumatic chyluria as displayed by lymphangiography.

INTRODUCTION Chyluria is the presence of chyle in the urine, giving it a milky appearance. Chyle is the milky fluid taken up by the lacteals from the food in the intestine after digestion. It consists of lymph and emulsified fat that passes into the thoracic duct and subclavian veins. When there is extravasation of chyle into the thorax, it is called chylothorax and in the abdomen, chylous asci...

Successful treatment of massive proteinuria and severe chyluria by inhibition of cholesterol absorption with ezetimibe in a patient with filariasis

We describe a case of filariasis presenting with severe chyluria and nephrotic-range proteinuria. There were no obvious findings of glomerulonephritis in the renal biopsy. Technetium-99m-human serum albumin (Tc-99m-HSA) lymphoscintigraphy revealed the presence of communications between lymphatic channels and the urinary tract. Ezetimibe (10 mg/day) was administered during hospitalization. Chylu...

Chyluria associated with bronchial carcinoma.

Introduction Descriptions of chyluria-the passage of milky white urine have been recorded since the time of Hippocrates (Foesius, 1665). The condition, although not uncommon in the Far East, is rare in Britain. On a world-wide basis, it most commonly results from filarial worm infection of lymphatics. Non-parasitic causes of chyluria include congenital malformations of the thoracic duct, trauma...