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From: Complications and salvage options after laser lithotripsy for a vesical calculus in a tetraplegic patient: a case report

Figure 4

Top panel: Sagittal section of CT of abdomen performed five days after vesical lithotripsy showed urinary bladder distended with clots. But the outline of urinary bladder was intact. Bottom panel: Sagittal section of CT abdomen with oral positive contrast, performed 12 days after vesical lithotripsy (two days after cystoscopy and clot evacuation) when the patient developed abdominal distension: A large intra-peritoneal haematoma, at the superior aspect of dome of urinary bladder was seen which was in continuity with the lumen of the bladder. The tip of Foley catheter was abutting on the haematoma.

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