The most common causes of uretero-colonic fistulas are penetrating injury, iatrogenic
trauma, and ureteric lithiasis.
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Minimally invasive radiologic techniques in the treatment of uretero-enteric fistulas.
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- Yu NC
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Fistulas of the genito-urinary tract: a radiologic review.
Radiographics. 2004; 24https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.245035219
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Spontaneous uretero-colonic fistula is a rare complication of foreign body ingestion.
Most pass through the gastrointestinal tract without problems and less than 1% produces
perforation.
- Manglunia AS
- Kini S
- Pawar S
- Patwardhan S.
Ureterocolic fistula diagnosed on the basis of diuretic renogram and direct radionuclide
cystography.
J Postgrad Med. 2018; 64https://doi.org/10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_36_18
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Fish bones are among the most frequently reported foreign bodies to have caused a
perforation and children are considered a risk group for foreign body ingestion.
- Hunter TB
- Taljanovic MS
Foreign bodies.
Radiographics. 2003; 23https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.233025137
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,- Hunter TB
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Foreign bodies.
Radiographics. 2003; 23https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.233025137
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The aim of this video was to report an unprecedented case of a uretero-colonic fistula
secondary to foreign body ingestion in a pediatric patient treated using a laparoscopic
approach.- Zhao ZW
- Wu XC
- Deng JH
- Lian PH
- Zhang X Bin
Ureteral obstruction and hydronephrosis caused by foreign body: a case report and
literature review.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2019; 98https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000017780
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- Minimally invasive radiologic techniques in the treatment of uretero-enteric fistulas.Diagn Interv Imaging. 2015; 96https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diii.2015.06.010
- Fistulas of the genito-urinary tract: a radiologic review.Radiographics. 2004; 24https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.245035219
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Publication history
Published online: September 21, 2022
Accepted:
September 8,
2022
Received:
April 27,
2022
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Conflict of Interest: Each named author have no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise.
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