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Published on: July 19, 2018
Spontaneous bladder rupture in a chronic hemodialysis patient
1Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea.
Abstract:
Spontaneous bladder rupture is very rare. A 67-year-old woman who was nearly anuric and had been on chronic hemodialysis therapy for diabetic end-stage renal disease for 6 years complained of severe low abdominal pain and fever for 2 days. Abdominal computerized tomography and retrograde cystography revealed the extraperitoneal leakage of contrast medium, confirming bladder perforation. Partial cystectomy around the perforation site and repair of the bladder rupture were performed. Microscopic examination of the excised bladder tissue revealed that the bladder mucosa was ulcerated. Severe suppurative inflammation was observed throughout the bladder wall. Antibiotic treatment was continued for 3 weeks postoperatively, and repeated retrograde cystography showed no evidence of contrast extravasation. She was discharged, with no other complications.
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