Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Acute abdomen caused by bladder rupture attributable to neurogenic bladder dysfunction following a stroke: a case report. | Mitchell et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5 254 http content 5 1 254 JOURNALOF medical LrCASE REPORTS CASE REPORT Open Access Acute abdomen caused by bladder rupture attributable to neurogenic bladder dysfunction following a stroke a case report Tom Mitchell Samih Al-Hayek Biral Patel Fiona Court and Hugh Gilbert Abstract Introduction Spontaneous bladder rupture is a rare and serious event with high mortality. It is not often considered in the patient presenting with peritonitis. This often leads to delays in diagnosis. There are very few case reports of true spontaneous rupture in the literature. This is the first such reported case in which bladder rupture was attributable to neurogenic bladder dysfunction following a stroke. Case presentation We report the case of a 67-year-old Caucasian man who presented with lower abdominal pain and a peritonitic abdomen. He had a long-term urethral catheter because of urinary retention following a previous stroke. He was treated conservatively with antibiotics before a surgical opinion was sought. Exploratory laparotomy confirmed the diagnosis of spontaneous bladder rupture. After repair of the defect he eventually made a full recovery. Conclusion In this unusual case report we describe an example of a serious event in which delays in diagnosis may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. To date no unifying theory explaining why rupture occurs has been postulated. We conducted a thorough literature search to examine the etiological factors in other published cases. These etiological factors either increase intra-vesical pressure or decrease the strength of the bladder wall. We hope that by increasing awareness of these etiological factors spontaneous bladder rupture may be diagnosed earlier and appropriate therapy started. Introduction Spontaneous bladder rupture is a rare and serious event with a mortality rate approaching 50 1 . It is often difficult to diagnose clinically even with
