CHYLURIA: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Authors: D W JOHNSTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Case Reports1 April 1955CHYLURIA: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATUREDEWEY W. JOHNSTON, M.D.DEWEY W. JOHNSTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-4-931 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has been about a century since chyluria was first recognized and its significance appreciated. The disease has been uncommon in this country. The exact pathogenesis is obscure. No satisfactory definitive therapy has yet been found. The following case is one of chyluria of parasitic origin.CASE REPORTHistory:A 40 year old white male veteran was admitted to this hospital for the first and only time in November, 1952. He gave a history of a febrile illness associated with vomiting, malaise and bilateral orchitis while serving in the China-Burma-India Theatre in 1943. Shortly thereafter he was told he had...Bibliography1. SanesKahn KIM: Chyluria, Arch. Int. Med. 17: 181, 1916. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. LazarusMarks JAMS: Non-parasitic chyluria, J. Urol. 56: 246, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Wood AH: Unilateral renal chyluria, J. Urol. 21: 109, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Hampton HH: A case of hemato-chyluria, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 31: 20, 1920. Google Scholar5. Wessen MB: Chyluria—relation to pyelolymphatic backflow, Urol. and Cutan. Rev. 37: 692, 1933. Google Scholar6. Yamauchi S: Chyluria, J. Urol. 54: 318, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. LowerBelcher WEGW: Chyluria with report of case treated with Neosalvarsan, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 39: 147, 1924. Google Scholar8. RayRao PWSS: Chyluria of filarial origin, Brit. J. Urol. 11: 48, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. WakefieldThompson EGG: Non-parasitic chyluria, J. Urol. 38: 102, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Welfield J: Two cases of non-parasitic chyluria with review of literature, J. Urol. 12: 19, 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Himman AF: Pyelovenous backflow at time of pyelography, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 44: 592, 1927. Google Scholar12. CampbellSeidler MFVG: Pyelolymphatic backflow, Am. J. Roentgenol. 38: 602, 1937. Google Scholar13. Abeshouse BS: Pyelographic injections of perirenal lymphatics, Am. J. Surg. 25: 427, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Kutzmann AA: Non-parasitic chyluria, Ann. Surg. 82: 765, 1925. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Yamauchi S: Chyluria—clinical, laboratory, x-ray studies, Tr. Hawaii Terri. Med. Assoc., May, 1938, quoted in 6. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: McKinney, Texas*Received for publication April 27, 1954.From the Veterans Administration Hospital, McKinney, Texas, and Southwestern Medical School of The University of Texas, Dallas, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNontropical chyluria secondary to massive mesenteric adenitisChyluriaAcute manifestations of male genital filariasis in Enugu, NigeriaChyluria associated with bronchial carcinomaChyluriaChyluria: A Case Report and Brief Literature ReviewLymph node tuberculosis presenting as chyluria.Chyluria and lymphatic renal fistulaSTUDIES OF THE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND CLINICAL VARIABILITY OF CHYLURIAChyluria: Lymph Angiographic Study and Review of LiteratureLymphangiography in bancroftian filariasisChyluria: Lymphatic-Urinary Fistula Demonstrated by LymphangiographyRecumbent chyluriaChyluria and pregnancyChyluria: Report of A Case and Review of the LiteratureThe significance of abnormality of the volume and of the composition of the urineUnilateral Chyluria Associated with Hereditary Spherocytosis and Retroperitoneal Cystic Hygroma: Case ReportRetroperitoneal Lymphatic Cyst (Cystic Lymphangioma)Description of Chyluria 1 April 1955Volume 42, Issue 4Page: 931-937KeywordsOrchitisPathogenesisVomiting ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...