Renoalimentary fistula: Case report of a renoduodenal fistula and systematic literature review
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Fistulae between the renal and gastrointestinal (GI) systems are rare, constituting less than one percent of all fistulous connections between the urinary and intestinal tracts.1 We present a patient with a two-month history of flank pain and fevers who was found on imaging to have a right renal calculus and emphysematous pyelonephritis associated with a renoduodenal fistula. We also present a systematic literature review of the etiologies and frequencies of renoalimentary fistulae.
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