title: Nephrobronchial fistula - a case report.
abstract: We report the case of a 58-year-old woman with a hydronephrotic left kidney who presented with a 4-month history of anorexia, weight loss and intermittent left loin pain associated with cloudy urine. Her urine grew lactose fermenting coliforms, and was treated with antibiotics. A computerized axial tomography scan (CT scan) was equivocal and she underwent retrograde ureteric stenting, which drained a pyonephrosis. She went on to develop a chest infection due to a lung abscess. A CT scan revealed a left perinephric collection extending across the diaphragm into the lower lobe of the left lung. She responded to antibiotics and awaits a nephrectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, L7 8XP, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H A R
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Qazi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manikandan
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000473:pathology*