Spontaneous bladder rupture in a non-augmented neuropathic bladder

Authors

• Khalid F. Neel, Assistant Professor and Consultant Pediatric Urologist, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, PO Box 7805, Riyadh 11472, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 4672561. Fax. +966 (1) 4679493. E-mail. kfouda{at}ksu.edu.sa

Abstract

A spontaneous bladder rupture in an intact bladder without history of trauma has been reported before with different postulation for the pathogenesis. All these cases were reported in the adult age group. Patients with a neuropathic bladder associated with such a complication were post augmentation cystoplasty or catheter induced injury. We present our experience in a boy with a neuropathic bladder secondary to spina bifida who had a spontaneous bladder rupture with no surgical intervention carried out before, and discuss the possible pathogenesis.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

220

Last Page

221

Recommended Citation

Neel, Khalid F. (2004) "Spontaneous bladder rupture in a non-augmented neuropathic bladder," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 25: Iss. 2, Article 19.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.2323