title: [Acute abdomen: spontaneous bladder rupture as an important differential diagnosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia, UFJF, MG, BR. caxiaogomes@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Carlos Augusto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: André Avarese
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: de Figueiredo
authors.forename: Cleber
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soares Júnior
authors.forename: José Murillo
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bastos Netto
authors.forename: Fabrício Rodrigues
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Tassi
mesh_terms: 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*