Renal cell carcinoma with renocolic fistula presenting as an emphysematous pyelonephritis in a non-functioning kidney: case report

Metastatic Renal cell Carcinoma Presenting as a clear-cell Tumor in Tongue: A Case Report

Introduction: Metastatic lesions of the oral cavity are extremely rare, accounting for approximately 1% of all malignant oral tumors. The most common primary sources of metastatic tumors in the oral region are, from the most to the least common, the breast, lung, kidney, bone, and colon. Renal cell carcinoma accounts for nearly 3% of all adult malignancies. It usually metastasizes to the lungs,...

A case of Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with spontaneous renocolic fistula.

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGPN) is a rare clinicopathological syndrome that is unique among the various inflammatory conditions of the kidney, and it closely mimics renal cell carcinoma, both clinically and radiologically. Approximately one third of XGPN cases have associated complications, such as abscess and fistulas, although the latter is much less common. Spontaneous renocolic fi...

Staghorn Renal Calculus with Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis and Renocolic Fistula

Risheng Xu, DO Former Triton Hospitalists at the Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, University of Texas HSC at Houston Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Academic Hospitalist Khawaja Azimuddin, MD FACS FASCRS Northwest ColonRectal Surgery Physician Association, Houston, TX Reno-colic fistula is rare, and even fewer cases were reported in association with staghorn stones and xanthogranulomatous pye...

Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a renal transplant recipient. A case report.

1. Kiryluk K, Jadoon A, Gupta M, Radhakrishnan J. Sickle cell trait and gross hematuria. Kidney Int. 2007;71:706–10. 2. Phuong-Thu TP, Phuong-Chi TP, Alan HW, Susie QL. Renal abnormalities in sickle cell disease. Kidney Int. 2000;57:1–8. 3. World Health Organisation. Sickle cell anaemia. Agenda item 11.4, in 59th World Health Assembly, 27 May 2006. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organisation...

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Report