A Case of Congenital Single Kidney with Dilated Ureter
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A Hindu male, aged 17 years, came to us for an investigation regarding his albuminuria. Past history.?Four years ago the patient had an acute attack of pain with redness and inflammation of the metatarso-phalangeal articulation of the big toe of the left foot; this was diagnosed as gout. He had two more similar attacks which affected the metatarso-phalangeal articulations of both the feet. During the last attack the urine of the patient was examined and albumin was detected. The albumin in the urine increased from 0.04 per cent, to 0.14 per cent, even when the patient was put on milk diet and rest, but later it came down to 0.037 per cent. It should be noted here that no casts
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