The deceiving encounter of a spontaneously ruptured urinary bladder

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2022 Mar;104(3):e67-e69. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2021.0129. Epub 2021 Nov 23.

Abstract

Spontaneous urinary bladder rupture is a rare condition. Radiotherapy treatment for malignancy of a pelvic organ such as cervix or prostate is one cause of this condition. We report a case of a 71-year-old woman who presented with this illness 30 years after radiotherapy treatment.

Keywords: Deceiving; Encounter; Ruptured; Spontaneously; Urinary bladder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications* / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications* / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications* / pathology
  • Postoperative Complications* / surgery
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases* / etiology
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases* / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder Diseases* / surgery
  • Urinary Bladder* / diagnostic imaging
  • Urinary Bladder* / pathology
  • Urinary Bladder* / surgery
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / radiotherapy