[Acute abdomen: spontaneous bladder rupture as an important differential diagnosis].
A case of spontaneous perforation of the bladder in a diabetic female patient is reported. It is a rare clinical condition, that should be suspected in patients with a past history of radiotherapy to the pelvis, enterocystoplasty and those suspected of having a tumor in the bladder. A general surgeon should be aware of this possibility in the differential diagnosis of an acute abdomen.
Gomes
Carlos Augusto
CA
Departamento de Cirurgia, UFJF, MG, BR. caxiaogomes@terra.com.br
de Figueiredo
André Avarese
AA
Soares Júnior
Cleber
C
Bastos Netto
José Murillo
JM
Tassi
Fabrício Rodrigues
FR
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*