Sepsis in patients with underlying malignancies can be due to multifactorial such as infections due to neutropenia, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal infections. Fistula formation leading to sepsis is very rare. We would like to highlight an unusual cause (Reno-duodenal fistula of polymicrobial sepsis in an elderly patient with lung cancer through this case report.
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