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

**Authors:** Fae B Kayarian, Sarah Dynia, Anne P Timmermann, Jennifer Lee, Oyedolamu Olaitan

PMC · DOI: 10.7759/cureus.52562 · 2024-01-19

## 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.

## Key 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.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Ureterocolic Fistula (MESH:D005402)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

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