Occurrence of Chyluria after Confinement

An Effective Case for Chyluria by Retroperitoneoscopic Lymphatic Disconnection

BACKGROUND Chyluria is a rare disease in Japan. Lymphatic disconnection is the most effective treatment for patients with Chyluria, and laparoscopic approach is performed as a minimally invasive technique. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 40-year-old man who referred to our hospital because of recurrence of chyluria. Chyluria had continued for 20 years, and the patient had received re...

Chyluria after Partial Nephrectomy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

We report a case of 61-year-old male who presented with chyluria after partial nephrectomy. During workup for appendicitis, an incidental exophytic renal mass was revealed on CT scan. The patient ultimately underwent uncomplicated open partial nephrectomy. Postoperatively, his JP drain output turned milky white with urine remaining clear. JP fluid analysis was consistent with lymph. At 3 weeks ...

Some Remarks on the Relation of Filaria Sanguinis Hominis to Chyluria and Other Lymphoid Diseases

By Surgeon G. C. Roy, M.IX, F.R.C.S., Civil Surgeon, Beerbhoom. Chyluria is essentially a tropical disease. An analysis of the cases recorded in the Lancet will show that the subjects of it were, at one time 01* other of their lives, residents in a tropical climate, whence they probably carried with thein the germ of the disease. Even in the tropics its occurrence however is not frequent, inasm...

Transient 'milky urine' after cardiac catheterization: another unreported cause of non-parasitic chyluria.

Intractable chyluria : experience of 314 cases in a single center in China

This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcomes of 317 patients with intractable chyluria and present our experience with conservative and surgical management of intractable chyluria by different approaches. From September 2004 to June 2013, 314 patients with chyluria (133 men and 181 women) were recruited at our center. Instillation of povidone iodine (0.2%) was used for 46 ...