Eviscerated urinary bladder via ruptured umbilical hernia: a rare occurrence.
Umbilical hernia is a common problem encountered in children. Rupture and evisceration are very rare phenomena, and the usual content that is eviscerated is the bowel. We present an infant who had a ruptured umbilical hernia with eviscerated urinary bladder dome. As this is the first case of its kind, it is being reported with a brief review of literature.
Pandey
A
A
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. 221005, India. dranand27@rediffmail.com
Kumar
V
V
Gangopadhyay
A N
AN
Upadhyaya
V D
VD
D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery*