Vera Manel, Molano Alejandra, Rodríguez Patricia
Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Service , Hospital Clínic de Barcelona , C/Villarroel 170, 08036- Barcelona , Spain.
Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Service , Hospital Universitario San Ignacio , Bogotá , Colombia.
NDT Plus. 2010 Feb;3(1):45-7. doi: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp135. Epub 2009 Sep 25.
Turbid white urine 'albinuria' is defined as a urine discoloration described as milky or cloudy. One of the most frequent causes of turbid white urine is chyluria complicating filariasis (Table 1). The extant causes of albinuria are non parasitic and rare. Amongst their aetiologies stand excessive mineral sediment excretion such as calciuria and phosphaturia, massive pyuria and fungal infections, and rarely congenital malformations of the lymphatic vessels. Malingering is also possible, in patients adding milk to their urine. We observed a case of albinuria in which the diagnostic work up led to diagnosing an exceptional cause of chyluria in a patient living in a region of Colombia where filariasis is not endemic.
浑浊白色尿液“乳糜尿”被定义为尿液变色,表现为呈乳白色或浑浊状。乳糜尿最常见的原因之一是丝虫病并发的乳糜尿(表1)。乳糜尿的现存原因是非寄生虫性的且较为罕见。其病因包括过多矿物质沉积排泄,如高钙尿症和高磷尿症、大量脓尿和真菌感染,以及罕见的淋巴管先天性畸形。也有可能是诈病,即患者往尿液中添加牛奶。我们观察到一例乳糜尿病例,诊断检查发现一名居住在哥伦比亚非丝虫病流行地区的患者患有一种特殊病因的乳糜尿。