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A 37-year-old woman presented with an influenza-like illness, bilateral ocular pain and blurred vision. Ophthalmological evaluation revealed bilateral anterior uveitis and later renal involvement was seen as acute tubulointerstitial nephritis. A diagnosis of TINU was assumed after exclusion of other systemic diseases. She was treated with topical corticosteroids for the uveitis and evolved favourably, with resolution of ocular symptoms and normalisation of serum creatinine and proteinuria. 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