title: Pyelo-hepatic fistula.
abstract: A 43-year-old woman with hypertension presented to the emergency department with oliguria, fever, and abdominal pain. Physical examination and laboratory evaluation revealed sepsis and acute renal failure. Blood culture yielded Proteus mirabilis. Imaging studies showed markedly enlarged right kidney with abscess communicating with liver. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Pyelo-Hepatic fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Ban Ciao, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shiu-Dong
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Kuo-Hsin
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hsiao-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009846:Oliguria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000378:metabolism; D011859:Radiography; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014572:Urology / Q000379:methods