Pneumaturia: need for diagnostic alertness
Cohen, N.; Modai, D.; Golik, A.; Pik, A.; Alon, H.; Weissgarten, J.; Tieder, M.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 22(2): 123-126
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180 PMID: 3512473 Document Number: 283929
Pneumaturia, an air-filled urinary bladder with or without passage of gas in the urine, is a rare phenomenon in the general population, but is more frequent in defined high-risk subgroups. Relevant symptomatology may be hardly noticeable for a relatively long period; however, the outcome may be serious and sometimes fatal. We present three such cases and discuss diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.