NEPHROBRONCHIAL FISTULA - A RARE MANIFEST ATION OF XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS

Citation
B. Ubrig et al., NEPHROBRONCHIAL FISTULA - A RARE MANIFEST ATION OF XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS, Aktuelle Urologie, 27(5), 1996, pp. 349-352
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00017868
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
349 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-7868(1996)27:5<349:NF-ARM>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Nephrobronchial fistula is a rare complication of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. We present the case of a 54-year-old woman, who had be en treated for recurrent bronchopneumonia for 2 years before establish ment of the diagnosis. Differential diagnosis and therapeutic strategy are discussed on an interdisciplinary basis.