title: Carcinoma urinary bladder presenting as acute abdomen.
abstract: Bladder perforation presenting as acute peritonitis is a rare and dramatic event in the course of carcinoma urinary bladder. We present one such case and discuss the presentation, management and brief follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
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authors.lastname: Goel
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authors.lastname: Goel
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*