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. 2014 Dec;40(4):251-4.
doi: 10.5152/tud.2014.70846. Epub 2014 Oct 15.

Vesicouterine fistula, a rare cause of genitourinary fistula

Muhammet Şahin Bağbancı  1 , Mustafa Levent Emir  1 , Mümtaz Dadalı  1 , Ayhan Karabulut  1
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Vesicouterine fistula, a rare cause of genitourinary fistula

Muhammet Şahin Bağbancı et al. Turk J Urol. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

Uterovesical fistulas are rare genitourinary fistulas developing secondary to iatrogenic etiologies. In this article, we report a a post-cesarean vesicouteri fistula with review of the literature.

Keywords: Amenorrhea; Youssef’s syndrome; cyclic haematuria; vesicouterine fistulas.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Cystoscopic appearance of fistula orifice localized immediately behind the trigone
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Uterovesical fistula tract
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Intravesical appearance of the fistula opening
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