The deceiving encounter of a spontaneously ruptured urinary bladder

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.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2022-03, Vol.104 (3), p.e67-e69
Hauptverfasser:	Salleh, H, Azli, S, Khairul-Asri, M G, Jagwani, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Aged Bladder Cancer therapies Case reports Catheters Female Hematuria Humans Mortality Online Case Report Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging Postoperative Complications - etiology Postoperative Complications - pathology Postoperative Complications - surgery Prostate cancer Radiation therapy Radiotherapy - adverse effects Rupture, Spontaneous Urinary Bladder - diagnostic imaging Urinary Bladder - pathology Urinary Bladder - surgery Urinary Bladder Diseases - diagnostic imaging Urinary Bladder Diseases - etiology Urinary Bladder Diseases - pathology Urinary Bladder Diseases - surgery Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - radiotherapy
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0035-8843 1478-7083
DOI:	10.1308/rcsann.2021.0129