Prominent iliopsoas muscles producing a gourd-shaped deformity of the bladder.
Hypertrophied iliopsoas musculature should be considered seriously in the evaluation of young muscular male patients presenting with gourd-shaped bladder deformities. The recognition of this nonpathologic gourd deformity during excretory urography and subsequent confirmation by computerized tomography allow an accurate efficient diagnosis, sparing the patient a needless, more extensive investigation.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010388:Pelvis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014891:Weight Lifting