[A case of renocolic fistula complicating xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis treated by laparoscopy]. / Fistule réno-colique compliquant une pyélonéphrite xanthogranulomateuse (un cas traité par laparoscopie).

The authors report a case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis complicated by renocolic fistula. This is a rare complication. The patient was treated by right nephrectomy and closure of the fistula performed by manually assisted laparoscopic surgery.

[Transcaval ureter]. / Uretère transcave.

The authors report a case of transcaval ureter complicated by acute obstructive pyelonephritis in a 54-year-old patient. Transcaval ureter is a rare congenital malformation of the infra-renal inferior vena cava (IRIVC) in which the right ureter passes through a venous ring composed of localized duplication of the vena cava due to persistence of the right posterior cardinal and supracardinal veins.