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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2017; 234(04): 575-576
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-123173
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Bilateral Uveitis and Tubulointerstitial Nephritis – an Atypical Case

Bilaterale Uveitis und Tubulointerstitielle Nephritis – ein atypischer Fall
K. C. Iselin
1   Augenklinik UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Universität Zürich (Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Klara Landau)
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S. Brandt
2   Institut für Klinische Pathologie UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Universität Zürich (Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Holger Moch)
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C. Böni
1   Augenklinik UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Universität Zürich (Chair: Prof. Dr. med. Klara Landau)
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06 March 2017 (online)

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Background

Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis (TINU) Syndrome was initially described by Dobrin et al. in 1975 [1]. It is a rare disorder accounting for less than 2 % of all uveitis cases, but may underlie in 10 % of cases of acute bilateral anterior uveitis [2]. Typically, it includes an idiopathic acute-onset tubulointerstitial nephritis (AIN) and a bilateral non-granulomatous anterior uveitis in the absence of any other disease that can cause either manifestations [3], [4], [5]. We report a case of bilateral granulomatous uveitis leading to the diagnosis of biopsy-confirmed acute tubulointerstitial nephritis.

 

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