Colovesical fistula (ultrasound)

Case contributed by Maulik S Patel
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Passage of air during micturition for the last few days. Increased total count and C-reactive protein. Long-term diabetes mellitus.

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Male
ultrasound

Normal prostate volume. Non-dependent mobile air with reverberation artifact in the urinary bladder lumen. A short echogenic track between the left-sided colon and the urinary bladder. Mild thickening of colonic wall.

A partially exophytic, homogeneous echogenic, well-defined lesion (55 x 45 x 44 mm) from the right renal upper pole. Normal left kidney. No backpressure/ calculi on either side.

Hepatic parenchymal abnormality without focal lesion.

Case Discussion

The case shows ultrasound findings of colovesical fistula in the patient with a history of pneumaturia.

CT scan was done later (not uploaded, no copyright). CT findings were colovesical fistula with colonic diverticular disease, right renal angiomyolipoma, and hepatic parenchymal abnormality. The patient was treated surgically. Histopathology of the resected fistula and colon did not reveal any malignancy.

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