title: Spontaneous perforation of the bladder. A report of two cases.
abstract: Rupture of the urinary bladder which is not associated with instrumental or external trauma is uncommon. Two cases of spontaneous bladder perforation were seen in a district general hospital in the Ashanti region, Ghana. Both cases presented with the primary clinical picture of an acute abdomen suggestive of a ruptured viscus. At laparotomy pin-point perforations of the bladder were found to exist. The literature is reviewed with particular reference to the possible pathogenesis within a tropical setting.
authors.affiliation: Agogo Hospital, Ashanti Region, Ghana.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: van den Broek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000473:pathology*