title: Cutaneous renocolic fistula associated with diverticulitis.
abstract: We report a case of a cutaneous renocolic fistula 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 fistula, previous instances of fistulae have been noted in patients with simultaneous kidney disease. Inflammation resulting from kidney disease may place patients with colonic diverticulitis at higher risk for developing renocolic or cutaneous renocolic fistulas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gimenez
authors.forename: Jay D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lieberman
authors.forename: E Darracott
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Vaughan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery