Description

The Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) Working Group reported criteria for the tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis syndrome (TINU).


Criteria for the tubulointerstitial nephritis with uveitis syndrome - all of the following:

(1) anterior uveitis with cells in the anterior chamber

(2) tubulointerstitial nephritis

(3) negative for syphilis and sarcoidosis

 

Vitritis, choroiditis or retinal vascular changes may be present.

 

Evidence of tubulointerstitial nephritis - one or both of the following:

(1) positive renal biopsy

(2) elevated urine beta-microglobulin with elevated serum creatinine and/or abnormal urinalysis


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