Emphysematous cystitis complicated by bladder rupture: a paraplegic patient case

Abstract

Most cases of bladder rupture are traumatic. Spontaneous rupture is much more rare, especially the one due to emphysematous cystitis (EC) which has been reported in only ninth cases in the literature. In our case, we report a 45 years old paraplegic patient with emphysematous cystitis and bladder rupture due to a urinary retention which causes him a urinary peritonitis treated with emergency laparotomy for repairing the wall of the bladder and antibiotics.

Keywords

• emphysematous cystitis
• bladder rupture
• paraplegic
• neurogenic bladder