Chyluria is the passage of chyle in the urine. The cause seems to be the rupture of retroperitoneal lymphatics into the pyelocaliceal system, giving urine a milky appearance. This condition if left untreated it leads to significant morbidity because of hematochyluria, recurrent renal colic, nutritional problems due to protein losses and immunosuppression resulting from lymphocyturia. We report ...

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...

The authors report the first case of chylous ascites and chyluria in a 65-year-old Thai women with nephrotic syndrome due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), tip variant. She presented with generalized edema and abdominal discomfort. Abdominal paracentesis revealed milky white fluid. Chylous ascites was confirmed. Abdominal and thoracic computed tomography did not show any cause of ch...

A 12-year-old boy with phenotypic characteristics of Noonan’s syndrome who previously in 1997 underwent surgery for pulmonary stenosis, presented with a two-week history of passing ‘whitish-coloured urine’. This was biochemically and cytologically confirmed as chyluria but occasional red blood cells and mature reactive lymphocytes were also detected in the urine. From the age of 4 years he pres...

Turbid white urine 'albinuria' is defined as a urine discoloration described as milky or cloudy. One of the most frequent causes of turbid white urine is chyluria complicating filariasis (Table 1). The extant causes of albinuria are non parasitic and rare. Amongst their aetiologies stand excessive mineral sediment excretion such as calciuria and phosphaturia, massive pyuria and fungal infection...

There are few reports of "microfilaria in the urine." We report an elderly woman with gross hematuria who was being investigated for urinary tract tuberculosis. Three consecutive urine samples showed microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti. However, she did not have chyluria. Treatment with diethylcarbamazine cleared up the hematuria within 3 days. Chyluria, hematuria, and hematochyluria are probl...

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare and progressive neoplastic disease of young woman, characterized by the proliferation of abnormal smooth muscle-like cells (LAM cells) in the lungs and axial lymphatics. A 44-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because pleural effusion was detected during a health checkup. She had chylothorax, chylous ascites, and chyluria, and her computed tomog...