Ruptura vesical em criança com fenótipo de Ehlers-Danlos.
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- M Félix; M F Lopes; R Maia; L Diogo
- Source
- Acta Médica Portuguesa, Vol 11, Iss 10 (1998)
- Subject
- Medicine
Medicine (General)
R5-920
- Language
- English
Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0870-399X
1646-0758
We report a case of "spontaneous" bladder rupture in a child with type IV Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome phenotype. The clinical presentation was unusual with abdominal pain, urinary retention and recurrent rectal prolapse. We could not find other similar cases in the literature. We to the possibility of "spontaneous" rupture occurring in this type of patients.