Commentary on “Acute Abdomen After Abdominoplasty: Differential Diagnosis”

[Acute abdomen: spontaneous bladder rupture as an important differential diagnosis].

A case of spontaneous perforation of the bladder in a diabetic female patient is reported. It is a rare clinical condition, that should be suspected in patients with a past history of radiotherapy to the pelvis, enterocystoplasty and those suspected of having a tumor in the bladder. A general surgeon should be aware of this possibility in the differential diagnosis of an acute abdomen.

Acute Abdomen — Symptoms and Differential Diagnoses

A patient arrives in the emergency department with severe abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. The condition is serious and has to be treated quickly as life-threatening illnesses could be the cause of these symptoms. The working diagnosis is ‘acute abdomen’. Here we are going to examine what is covered by this commonly used term, which clinical diagnostics are expedient and which differential d...

Acute Abdomen — Symptoms and Differential Diagnoses

A patient arrives in the emergency department with severe abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. The condition is serious and has to be treated quickly as life-threatening illnesses could be the cause of these symptoms. The working diagnosis is ‘acute abdomen’. Here we are going to examine what is covered by this commonly used term, which clinical diagnostics are expedient and which differential d...

Acute Abdomen — Symptoms and Differential Diagnoses

A patient arrives in the emergency department with severe abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. The condition is serious and has to be treated quickly as life-threatening illnesses could be the cause of these symptoms. The working diagnosis is ‘acute abdomen’. Here we are going to examine what is covered by this commonly used term, which clinical diagnostics are expedient and which differential d...

Acute Abdomen — Symptoms and Differential Diagnoses