title: [Recurrent spontaneous bladder rupture associated with alcohol abuse: presentation of a new case].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Idiopathic spontaneous bladder rupture is a low incidence clinical entity. We perform a literature review and report a recurrent case, with special attention to its physiopathology mainly if associated with alcohol abuse.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a patient with recurrent spontaneous bladder rupture associated with alcohol abuse. The presentation of this case is uncommon.
  
  
  RESULTS
  53 year old male with history of chronic alcohol abuse who presented with abdominal pain and renal failure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spontaneous bladder rupture is the cause of acute abdomen and acute renal failure. Idiopathic rupture associated with substance abuse has proper clinical characteristics that make it to be considered a different entity than other causes of spontaneous bladder rupture.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Briones Mardones
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arias Fúnez
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alonso Montoiro
authors.forename: Bernabé
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pozo Mengual
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: García Flórez
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escudero Barrilero
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D004630:Emergencies; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol