The high incidence of surgical complications following renal transplantation is well known. Urologic complications, however, present some of the most challenging problems to the transplant surgeon. The authors present here a detailed case report of spontaneous (delayed) bladder rupture (SDBR) which occurred 90 days after kidney transplantation in a recipient with cytomegalovirus infection (CMV). Urinary catheter drainage is recommended in preference to surgical intervention for the successful correction of SDBR. It is postulated further that, despite a negative bladder biopsy, CMV may have infiltrated the bladder and contributed to this "spontaneous" bladder wall rupture.