Ureterocolic Fistula Involving a Native Kidney and the Sigmoid Colon in a Renal Transplant Recipient

TL;DR

This case report describes a rare ureterocolic fistula involving a native kidney and the sigmoid colon in a renal transplant recipient.

Contribution

The paper presents the first documented case of this specific complication in the English literature.

Findings

The patient had a successful right renal transplant but developed a fistula three years later.

The fistula involved the native right kidney and the sigmoid colon.

No prior cases of this exact condition have been reported in the English literature.

Abstract

A ureterocolic fistula in a renal transplant patient is a rare complication. Even rarer is a ureterocolic fistula involving a native kidney in a patient with a functional, ipsilateral transplanted kidney, with no prior cases published in the English literature. In the current case report, we describe a patient with a previously successful right renal transplant, who presented three years later with a ureterocolic fistula involving the right native kidney and the sigmoid colon.

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