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Blunt force trauma as a rare mechanism for chyluria
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Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Department of Pediatric Urology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Kevin J. Rycyna, Department
of Urology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3471
Fifth Ave, Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
Canadian Journal of Urology 2016, 23(3), 8318-8320.
Abstract
Chyluria is an uncommon clinical entity outside of the tropics. We present a rare case of blunt force trauma leading to the formation of a lymphorenal fistula. This was successfully managed via conservative endoscopic and dietary treatment.Keywords
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Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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