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. 2010 Jan;5(1):4634.
doi: 10.3402/ljm.v5i0.4634.

A 37-year-old patient presenting with pneumaturia: a case study

Anuj Mishra  1 , Mohamed Azzabi  2 , Mohamed Hamadto  2 , Seeraj Bugren  2 , Wael Hresha  2 , Saleh Addalla  2 , Ehtuish F Ehtuish  2
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A 37-year-old patient presenting with pneumaturia: a case study

Anuj Mishra et al. Libyan J Med. 2010 Jan.
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Fig. 1
Ultrasound reveals thickened sigmoid (S) with extravasation of air into SVF (arrow). (B=Urinary bladder).
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Fig. 2
MRI shows the apposition of sigmoid colon to the bladder wall (white arrow). Fistula was not detected.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
CT scan: Axial (a) and curved oblique (b) reformatted images show the localized sigmoid colonic inflammation as well as pericolic inflammation with the fistulous tract.
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Fig. 4
Colonoscopy shows inflamed granular mucosa of sigmoid colon.
Fig. 5
Fig. 5
Excised specimen of the inflamed sigmoid colon segment (black arrow) and the bladder dome (white arrow) with SVF (double arrow).
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