Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Spontaneous Bladder Wall Rupture Due to Emphysematous Cystitis Cover

Spontaneous Bladder Wall Rupture Due to Emphysematous Cystitis

Open Access
|Oct 2016

Figures & Tables

jbsr-100-1-1151-g1.jpg
Figure 1

Axial unenhanced CT scan of the abdomen shows a disruption of the bladder wall at the right ­posterolateral side.

jbsr-100-1-1151-g2.jpg
Figure 2

Same Axial unenhanced CT-scan image as above in Lung Window shows fibrotic tissue at the disrupton site. There are multiple air-filled submucosal blebs of the bladderwall suggesting an emphysematous cystitis.

jbsr-100-1-1151-g3.jpg
Figure 3

One-week later follow-up CT was performed, this showed a spontaneous healing of the bladder wall with only a small residual focus of free air in the Retzius space on the right (white arrow).

Language: English
Published on: Oct 18, 2016
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2016 Pieter Roels, Karel Decaestecker, Pieter De Visschere, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.