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Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome: Use of Gallium Scintigraphy in its Diagnosis and Treatment

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Prompt diagnosis and treatment with corticosteroids of the tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis (TINU) syndrome may assist in the preservation of renal function. We present a case illustrating the characteristic clinical features of this syndrome. Gallium scintigraphy assisted in the diagnosis and management of this case, which was complicated by relapsing pyelonephritis.

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  1. Medicine Service, Radiology Service, and Pathology Service, New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System Renal Section (111C), University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1501 San Pedro SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108, USA

    Elizabeth Helms, Karen S. Servilla, Michael F. Hartshorne, Alexis Harris, Michael J. Nichols & Antonios H. Tzamaloukas

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Helms, E., Servilla, K.S., Hartshorne, M.F. et al. Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome: Use of Gallium Scintigraphy in its Diagnosis and Treatment. Int Urol Nephrol 37, 119–122 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-004-2356-1

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