Tubulointerstitial Nephritis with Uveitis Syndrome following Varicella Zoster Reactivation

A 49-year-old Woman was referred to the Renal Unit because of azotemia and fatigue. Two months earlier she had herpes zoster. Twenty days after skin eruption, iridocyclitis of the left and right eye were diagnosed. In the present case, typical clinical and laboratory findings of TINU syndrome followed herpes zoster. The quoestion is whether preceding viral reactivation could be a trigger, the cause, or a consequence of the immunological disorder underlyng TINU.