Spontaneous pyelo-jejunal fistula

This case report describes a patient with a spontaneous jejunal fistula. This is a rare type of nephro-intestinal fistula with only two previously recorded similar cases. Our patient presented with such a fistula diagnosed by antegrade pyelography, associated with a staghorn calculus and proven at s...

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Published inPostgraduate medical journal Vol. 66; no. 781; pp. 965 - 967
Main Author Evans, P. F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01.11.1990
BMJ
Oxford University Press
BMJ Group
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Intestinal Fistula - etiology
Jejunal Diseases - etiology
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Calculi - complications
Kidney Diseases - etiology
Medical sciences
Radiography
Urinary Fistula - etiology
Case study
Human
Urinary system disease
Jejunum
Treatment
Digestive diseases
Intestinal disease
Renal disease
Fistula
Diagnosis
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Summary:This case report describes a patient with a spontaneous jejunal fistula. This is a rare type of nephro-intestinal fistula with only two previously recorded similar cases. Our patient presented with such a fistula diagnosed by antegrade pyelography, associated with a staghorn calculus and proven at surgery. The value of antegrade pyelography is discussed along with the treatment options and the outcome to be expected in such patients.
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DOI:10.1136/pgmj.66.781.965