[Morphology and diagnosis of acquired bladder deformities]

Acquired displacements of the urinary bladder refer to intrapelvic pathological anatomy. These alterations of the bladder are predominantly detected via an initial radiologic study with intravenous urography or suprapubic pelvic ultrasonography. According to their clinical incidence displacements of the bladder can occur in: pelvic space-occupying lesions; displacements in musculo-fascial defects of supporting structures as well as in extirpation cavities of the small pelvis; extrapelvic space-occupying lesions. Herniation, prolapse and descensus of the bladder can be accurately diagnosed by correct examination via intravenous urography. The diagnostics of pelvic and extrapelvic pathogenetic causes require the complex application of all methods of diagnostic imaging, the value of which is determined by clinical diagnosis and by the choice of an appropriate therapy.