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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2006;49(3):326-328. Published online March 15, 2006.

A case of a child with non-parasitic chyluria

Da Eun DE Jung¹, Ja Wook JW Koo¹, Sang Woo SW Kim¹, Hae Il HI Cheong²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Sanggye Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine
²Department of Pediatrics*, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Ja Wook JW Koo ,Email: koojw9@sanggyepaik.ac.kr

Abstract

Chyluria is the passage of milky urine due to the leakage of lymph into the urinary tract. Chyluria occurs predominantly in adults and is rare in children. We present an unusual case in which a child with proteinuria, hematuria and milky urine was subsequently diagnosed with non-parasitic chyluria. Retrograde cystogram confirmed a lymphatico-calyceal communication. This case showed spontaneous remission. The etiology of this case was not exactly known; however, the prognosis of non-parasitic chyluria (or idiopathic chyluria) is usually very good and the treatment is mostly conservative.

Keywords :Child , Conservative treatment , Non-parasitic chyluria