Recurrent Spontaneous Rupture of the Urinary Bladder in a Patient With Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Myelopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Behzad Feizzadeh Kerigh; Reza Boostani; Alireza Ghoreifi

doi:10.5812/numonthly.11764

Recurrent Spontaneous Rupture of the Urinary Bladder in a Patient With Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Myelopathy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Nephrourol Mon. 2014 Feb 2;6(2):e11764. doi: 10.5812/numonthly.11764. eCollection 2014 Mar.

Authors

Behzad Feizzadeh Kerigh¹, Reza Boostani², Alireza Ghoreifi²

Affiliations

¹ Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran ; Kidney Transplantation Complications Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ghaem Medical Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran.
² Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran.

Abstract

Recurrent spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder has rarely been reported in English articles. This condition may be difficult to diagnosis before a laparotomy due to acute peritonitis. Herein we describe a case of recurrent spontaneous rupture of the bladder in a 39-year-old woman with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) -associated myelopathy/topical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP).

Keywords: Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; Myelopathy; Recurrent; Rupture; Urinary Bladder.

Publication types

Case Reports