Urinary β2-Microglobulin Testing in Pediatric Uveitis: A Case Report of a 9-Year-Old Boy with Renal and Ocular Sarcoidosis

Urinary β2-Microglobulin Testing in Pediatric Uveitis: A Case Report of a 9-Year-Old Boy with Renal and Ocular Sarcoidosis

We present here a case of a 9-year-old boy with bilateral anterior uveitis and an extremely elevated urinary β2-microglobulin level (25,400 μg/l). The normal range for urinary excretion of β2-microglobulin is 0-300 μg/l. In patients with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU), elev...

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Main Authors: Kathryn L. Pepple, Deborah L. Lam, Laura S. Finn, Russell Van Gelder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome
β2-Microglobulin
Sarcoidosis
Uveitis
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
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