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CASE REPORT
Spontaneous appendico-renal fistula: clinical presentation and management of a previously unreported entity
  1. Rishi Nayyar and
  2. Prashant Kumar
  1. Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rishi Nayyar, nayyarrishi{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Entero-urinary fistulas are uncommon in urological practice and may have widely varying aetiologies ranging from benign to malignant or iatrogenic in nature. All permutations of entero-urinary fistulas have been reported in the literature except an appendico-renal fistula. Here, we present one such case, presenting with urinary tract infections and perineal urethrocutaneous fistulae. He was ultimately diagnosed to have a spontaneous appendico-renal fistula as underlying pathology behind the symptoms.

  • urinary tract infections
  • urethritis
  • urological surgery
  • urology

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-228278

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    • Contributors We (RN and PK), the authors of the manuscript titled ’Spontaneous appendico-renal fistula: clinical presentation and management of a previously unreported entity' hereby state that we have made an individual contribution to the writing of the article and not just been involved with the patient’s care. Substantial contribution has been made by both of us in the conception and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the version published. We agree to be accountable for the article and to ensure that all questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of the article are investigated and resolved.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.