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Case Reports
. 2016 Feb 26;14(3):139-41.
doi: 10.5505/1304.7361.2014.55707. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Spontaneous Bladder Rupture and Pelvic Fracture Due To Bladder Cancer

Deniz Oray  1 , Onder Limon  1 , Cem Ertan  1 , Asli Ugurhan  1
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Case Reports

Spontaneous Bladder Rupture and Pelvic Fracture Due To Bladder Cancer

Deniz Oray et al. Turk J Emerg Med. .

Abstract
in English, Turkish

Bladder rupture is a rare complication following bladder cancer, but has a high mortality rate. Since bladder rupture is an emergency, the diagnosis and treatment of the cancer is usually delayed. Here we report a 56-year-old male patient who presented to our emergency department with severe abdominal pain, abdominal distension, left leg pain and difficulty in walking without history of significant trauma and ended up with diagnoses of spontaneous bladder rupture and non-traumatic pelvic fracture caused by bladder carcinoma.

Mesane rüptürü, mesane kanserinin nadir bir komplikasyonu olsa da, gerçekleştiğinde mortalite hızı yüksek seyretmektedir. Mesane rüptürü acil bir durum olduğundan, altta yatan neden olarak kanserin tanınması ve etiyolojiye yönelik tedavi gecikebilmektedir. Bu yazıda, acil servise travma öyküsü olmaksızın şiddetli karın ağrısı, batında şişkinlik, sol bacakta ağrı ve yürüme güçlüğü ile başvuran ve mesane kanserine bağlı spontan mesane rüptürü ve pelvis kırığı tanısı alan 56 yaşında bir erkek hasta sunuldu.

Keywords: Bladder cancer; bladder rupture; emergency department; pelvic fracture.

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Figure 1
Contrast enhanced abdomen CT showing the iliac bone fracture.
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Figure 2
CT cystogram showing contrast extravasation from the left side of the bladder and iliac bone fracture.
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