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Large bowel obstruction caused by urinary retention from benign prostate hyperplasia
- Source :
- Radiology Case Reports, Vol 14, Iss 2, Pp 213-216 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2019.
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Abstract
- Although large bowel obstruction is a common surgical emergency, its occurrence due to bladder distension is rarely reported in the literature. We report a case of large bowel obstruction caused by bladder distention secondary to benign prostate hyperplasia in a 67-year-old man. This case demonstrates a grossly distended urinary bladder compressing the rectosigmoid colon against the sacrum, presenting as a complete large bowel obstruction. Management consisted of transurethral urinary catheter insertion, which resulted in complete resolution of the bowel obstruction with drainage of a large amount of urine. Early recognition of the underlying etiology resulted in the expeditious treatment of large bowel obstruction. Keywords: Large bowel obstruction, Urinary retention, Bladder distention, Benign prostate hyperplasia
- Subjects :
- Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19300433 and 09555129
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Radiology Case Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.63fec8b1f847a09555129cba597a47
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.10.031