title: [Uretero-iliac fistula].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a case of uretero-iliac fistula, an extremely rare condition that is not easily diagnosed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Herein we describe a 76-year-old female who had undergone repeated pelvic surgery for adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid. She had a right ureteral fistula that had been managed conservatively by insertion of a ureteral catheter. Diagnosis was made by selective arteriography of the iliac arteries. The patient was submitted to surgery; primary closure of the arterial fistula and nephroureterectomy were performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uretero-iliac fistula should be suspected in patients with a history of repeated pelvic surgery and ureteral catheter placement that present with massive hematuria.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Urología y Sección de Radiología Intervencionista, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Herranz Amo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Camúñez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Díez Cordero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verdú Tartajo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lledo García
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bueno Chamon
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D011859:Radiography; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Fístula uretero-iliaca.