Extraperitoneal perforation of the urinary bladder in association with urothelial cancer in a female.
A case of spontaneous perforation of the bladder wall in a 51-year old female with urothelial cancer is reported. The outcome was lethal because of abdominal and thoracic wall phlegmone and septic shock.
Sørensen
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Department of Surgery and Urology, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden.
Asklin
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Brunkwall
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D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology