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01-11-2020 | Hematuria | Clinical Quiz
Common presentation of micro hematuria and proteinuria in an uncommon disease: Questions
Authors:
Marwa Mansour, Danielle Young, Mohammad Ilyas, Asad Tolaymat
Published in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Issue 11/2020
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Excerpt
A 12-year-old female, previously healthy, presented to the pediatric nephrology clinic because of an incidental finding of microscopic hematuria in routine urinalysis. Repeated urinalysis showed persistent microscopic hematuria without pyuria or proteinuria. At initial presentation, the patient had no gross hematuria or dysuria. She had no swelling of the eyelids or the lower extremities. She had no hypertension. Further history revealed no bleeding tendency and no family history of kidney stones, hearing loss, or kidney disease. The patient had no arthralgia or arthritis. Initial work-up was ordered but was never done, and the patient was lost to follow-up. …