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Idiopathic bladder rupture

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Deaths due to hemoperitoneum are not rare and can result from a variety of underlying pathologic processes, including natural disease as well as trauma. Whenever hemoperitoneum is identified at autopsy, it is incumbent upon the pathologist to identify the source of the hemorrhage. The authors present a case of probable traumatic rupture of the urinary bladder that resulted in lethal intra-abdominal hemorrhage, occurring in a young man who was found dead the morning after drinking heavily.

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  1. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, 300 Portage St., Kalamazoo, MI, 49007, USA

    Thu Nguyen & Joseph A. Prahlow

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Nguyen, T., Prahlow, J.A. Idiopathic bladder rupture. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 14, 548–550 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-018-0016-5

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