Vesicoperitoneal fistula--an unusual cause of tense ascites.
We report a 55-year-old man who developed tense ascites due to vesicoperitoneal fistula. He had undergone surgery 32 years ago for excision of an infected urachal cyst, the tract and the umbilicus.
Khan
Mushtaq Ahmad
MA
Department of Gastroenterology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. drmushtaqkhan@hotmail.com
Zargar
Showkat Ali
SA
Javid
Gul
G
Khan
Bashir Ahmad
BA
Shah
Altaf Hussain
AH
Gulzar
Ghulam Mohd
GM
Sodhi
Jaswinder Singh
JS
D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D016154:Digestive System Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000150:complications*