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Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: Synchronous Upper And Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed, Muhammad Usman Mirza, John Van Taunay, Muhammad Waleed, Shiva Shankar Vangimalla, Sharana Hegde, Muhamad Alhaj Moustafa
Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: Synchronous Upper And Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed, Muhammad Usman Mirza, John Van Taunay, Muhammad Waleed, Shiva Shankar Vangimalla, Sharana Hegde, Muhamad Alhaj Moustafa
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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare chronic granulomatous destructive process of the renal parenchyma. It is caused by a chronic inflammatory process due to recurrent urinary tract infections and/or obstructing renal calculi. Rarely, it presents with advanced complications including abscesses and fistula formations. In this article, we report a unique presentation of XGP with simultaneous upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding in the setting of XGP with reno-gastric and reno-colic fistulas.