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Spontaneous bladder perforation associated with bladder tumour is extremely rare. Such patients generally present with the clinical symptoms of an acute abdomen, and in these settings the mortality rate is very high.
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Atalay, A.C., Karaman, M.I. Spontaneous rupture of a bladder with invasive bladder carcinoma. International Urology and Nephrology 30, 723–724 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02564860
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02564860