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Bladder perforation presenting as acute peritonitis is a rare and dramatic event in the course of carcinoma urinary bladder. We present one such case and discuss the presentation, management and brief follow-up.
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Goel, A., Goel, A. Carcinoma urinary bladder presenting as acute abdomen. Int Urol Nephrol 33, 491–492 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019542007777
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