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Table 1 Etiological factors important in reported cases of spontaneous bladder rupture

From: Acute abdomen caused by bladder rupture attributable to neurogenic bladder dysfunction following a stroke: a case report

Increase in intra-vesical pressure

Decrease in strength of bladder wall

Immediate

Localized

Blunt trauma

Trauma

Longer-term

Tumor

Alcohol-induced

Radiotherapy

Bladder outflow obstruction

Iatrogenic/post-surgery

Prostatic

Urachal cysts

Pregnancy

Diverticular

Vaginal prolapsed

Ischemia

Fecal impaction

Generalized

Neurogenic

Chronic infection/inflammation

Spina bifida

Eosinophilic cystitis

Stroke

Cytomegalovirus

Diabetes mellitus

Schistosomiasis

Psychiatric

Tuberculosis

Reduced bladder compliance

Vesical calculus

 

Connective tissue disease

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Journal of Medical Case Reports

ISSN: 1752-1947