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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Chyluria in non-filarial endemic areas: an internist's perspective.

Yuyang Tan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuyang TanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1698-3385
SingHealth · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 60-year-old Chinese woman presented with intermittent, painless, gross haematuria and subsequently complained of persistent milky urine. The diagnosis of chyluria was confirmed after cystoscopy demonstrated ureteric milky fluid discharge which had elevated levels of triglycerides. The patient did not travel to filarial endemic areas and her serum circulating filarial antigen was negative. Intravenous pyelography with CT of the abdomen did not reveal any masses or obstruction. It was determined that her chyluria was non-parasitic in origin and her symptoms improved with a low fat, high-protein diet. However, her chyluria recurred 1 year later, resulting in hypoalbuminaemia and proteinuria. Her symptoms resolved and her albumin levels normalised with adherence to dietary modifications.

Indexed as

ChyleDiagnosis, DifferentialDiet, Fat-RestrictedFemaleFilariasisHematuriaHumansKidney DiseasesMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray Computedmedical managementtropical medicine (infectious disease)

Identifiers

PMID28978586
PMCPMC5652487
OpenAlexW2763894827

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