The Case of a 15-Year-Old With Non-Parasitic Chyluria
Autor: | Kristijan Šoštarič, Tina Lovrec Krstić, Matija Žerdin, Primož Caf |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
urinary retention
medicine.medical_specialty Chyle Chyluria Urinary retention business.industry Urology Urinary system chyluria General Engineering mr lymphangiography medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Retrograde pyelography ceus retrograde pyelography Filariasis Wuchereria bancrofti Lymphatic system Nephrology medicine Radiology non-parasitic medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | Cureus |
ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.17388 |
Popis: | Chyluria is defined by the presence of chyle in urine, and is caused by a communication between the lymphatic and urinary system. Commonly, it is characterised by the excretion of milky white urine, which is present in up to 70% of chyluria cases. The prevalent cause for chyluria in Asia is filariasis with Wuchereria bancrofti. Non-parasitic chyluria is more common in western countries and is usually subsequent to traumatic factors, infections, or tumours. The occurrence of non-parasitic chyluria in the absence of trauma, iatrogenic or other, is exceedingly rare. The lymphatic system is rather challenging to visualize. Herein, we present a case of non-parasitic chyluria and our approach of combining different complementing imaging modalities, such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) retrograde pyelography and magnetic resonance (MR) lymphography. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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