title: Extraperitoneal perforation of the urinary bladder in association with urothelial cancer in a female.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Urology, Länssjukhuset, Halmstad, Sweden.
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Asklin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunkwall
mesh_terms: 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