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Chyluria

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Chy`lu´ri`a
n.1.(Med.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.


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Parasitic Chyluria To the Editor: A 66-year-old woman presented with the chief complaints of weight loss, generalized weakness, and a history of milky-appearing urine.
Here he came upon Timothy Lewis' account of discovery of a microscopic worm, which Lewis had named Filaria sanguinis hominis, in the urine and blood of patients with chyluria in Calcutta, India.
It is an adjunct to lymphography in: primary and secondary lymphedema of the extremities; chyluria, chylous ascites or chylothorax; lymph node involvement by primary or secondary neoplasm; lymph node response to therapeutic modalities.
 
 
 
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