{"title":"Spontaneous Bladder Rupture: A Rare Case of an Acute Abdomen","authors":"Abilash Menon, L. Vermeulen, F. Ordones","doi":"10.17140/uaoj-6-142","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Spontaneous idiopathic rupture of the bladder (SIBR) is still a rare occurrence. Although a few cases of bladder wall rupture associated with bladder wall disease have been documented in the literature, there are limited cases reported worldwide. We describe a patient who presented to the Emergency Department of Tauranga Hospital in New Zealand with diffuse abdominal pain due to a bladder rupture confirmed by a CT-scan. Despite no obvious explanation a relationship with an alcohol binge was posited. He underwent surgery and recovered completely","PeriodicalId":388500,"journal":{"name":"Urology and Andrology – Open Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Urology and Andrology – Open Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17140/uaoj-6-142","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Spontaneous idiopathic rupture of the bladder (SIBR) is still a rare occurrence. Although a few cases of bladder wall rupture associated with bladder wall disease have been documented in the literature, there are limited cases reported worldwide. We describe a patient who presented to the Emergency Department of Tauranga Hospital in New Zealand with diffuse abdominal pain due to a bladder rupture confirmed by a CT-scan. Despite no obvious explanation a relationship with an alcohol binge was posited. He underwent surgery and recovered completely