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Case Reports
. 2008 Mar 25;178(7):836.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.070524.

Emphysematous cystitis

Philippe Leclercq  1 , Michel Hanssen, Philippe Borgoens, Pierre-Julien Bruyère, Patrizio Lancellotti
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Case Reports

Emphysematous cystitis

Philippe Leclercq et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen of a 77-year-old woman without diabetes who was admitted to hospital because of hyperthermia, abdominal pain and confusion.
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Figure 1: Computed tomography scan of the abdomen of a 77-year-old woman, showing a thickened bladder wall containing pockets of gas (arrows).
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