title: Chyluria with proteinuria or filarial nephropathy? An enigma.
abstract: Lymphatic filariasis is endemic in India. Out of 128 million infected individuals worldwide, India accounts for 48 million cases [Manson's Tropical Diseases, 21st Ed. p 1488]. Filariasis can have protean manifestations, but Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia and chyluria are unusual manifestations reported mainly from South Asian countries [Manson's Tropical Diseases, 21st Ed. p 1494]. Chyluria occurs only in 2% of filarial afflicted patients in the filarial belt [Diamond E, Schapira HE. Chyluria--a review of literature. Urology 1985;26(5): 427-31]. Lymphatic filariasis presenting as chyluria may be equally rare. Predominant chyluria with no overt lymphatic filariasis remains an enigma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110002, India. drsameergulati@gmail.com
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: Naresh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beniwal
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002913:Chyle / Q000469:parasitology*; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000150:complications*; D014556:Urine / Q000737:chemistry*