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Cutaneous renocolic fi stula associated with diverticulitis

Elena Gimenez¹, Jay D. Raman¹, Michael Lieberman², E. Darracott Vaughan Jr.¹

1 Department of Urology, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
2 Department of Surgery, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA
Address correspondence to Dr. Jay D. Raman, M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Division of Urology, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033 USA

Canadian Journal of Urology 2008, 15(4), 4191-4193.

Abstract

We report a case of a cutaneous renocolic fi stula in a patient with staghorn calculus and diverticulitis. The most common origins of renocolic fistula are primary renal diseases including xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis, trauma, malignancy or tuberculosis. While diverticulitis has rarely been associated with renocolic fi stula, previous instances of fi stulae have been noted in patients with simultaneous kidney disease. Infl ammation resulting from kidney disease may place patients with colonic diverticulitis at higher risk for developing renocolic or cutaneous renocolic fi stulas.

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