Title: Acute abdomen--remember spontaneous perforation of the urinary bladder.
Abstract: Spontaneous perforation of the urinary bladder is a rare clinical condition presenting as an acute abdomen. It should be suspected in patients with a past history of radiotherapy to the pelvis, enterocystoplasty and those suspected of having a tumour in the bladder. Disproportionately elevated serum urea and creatinine should raise the index of suspicion. A case of spontaneous perforation of the bladder, five years following successful treatment of a bladder tumour by radiotherapy, is reported.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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