Nephropulmonary fistula with coralliform stone migration into the thorax: a case report

Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2024 Dec 16:22:eRC1220. doi: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024RC1220. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

A nephropulmonary fistula is a rare complication of a non-functioning kidney, associated with a history of infection. Medical literature describes it as an adult disease in the pre-antibiotic era, and nowadays, is a rare complication. This study reports the case of a patient with nephrolithiasis who developed a nephropulmonary fistula resulting in the migration of renal coralliform stones to the lung parenchyma. The treatment included posterior mini-thoracotomy with partial costectomy of the 9th right costal arch, pneumonotomy for the lung abscess, stone removal, abscess drainage with a Foley probe, and pleural drainage with a tubular drain.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / complications
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi* / complications
  • Kidney Calculi* / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Calculi* / surgery
  • Lung Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases / etiology
  • Lung Diseases / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Respiratory Tract Fistula / etiology
  • Respiratory Tract Fistula / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urinary Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Fistula / etiology
  • Urinary Fistula / surgery