Urinary bladder rupture is an uncommon occurrence, usually associated with penetrating
or blunt trauma (
1
,
2
). In rare instances, however, bladder rupture occurs spontaneously (
3
). Such patients usually present with severe pain and the clinical picture of an acute
abdomen (
3
,
4
). We present the case of a patient with painless, nontraumatic bladder perforation
who did not seek medical attention until he began to experience symptoms attributable
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 16, 2004
Accepted:
April 28,
1998
Received in revised form:
April 28,
1998
Received:
August 4,
1997
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© 1998 Excerpta Medica Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
