Case Reports
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1745

Spontaneous bladder rupture in acute alcohol intoxication

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Received: 11 June 2013
Accepted: 1 October 2013
Published: 12 March 2014
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kidney failure, acute alcohol intoxication, bladder, spontaneous rupture

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Bahjat Barakat
Department of Emergency Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Raffaele Pezzilli
raffaele.pezzilli@aosp.bo.it
Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Riccardo Casadei
Department of Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Spontaneous bladder rupture is a rare condition that can be followed by an acute alcohol intoxication and can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We report a case diagnosed in a alcoholic young male who was admitted to our emergency room for epigastric pain. The case demonstrates the difficulties with diagnosis and the need for physicians who work in an emergency room to be aware of this condition.

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Spontaneous bladder rupture in acute alcohol intoxication. (2014). Emergency Care Journal, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1745