Pneumaturia and faecaluria: Symptoms leading to a life-saving diagnosis

• Main Authors: Aye Aye Wynn, Khine San Yin, Nang Khin Mya, Nornazirah Azizan, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Firdaus Hayati
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
• Subjects: RC581-951 Specialties of internal medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33473/1/Pneumaturia%20and%20faecaluria%2C%20Symptoms%20leading%20to%20a%20life-saving%20diagnosis.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33473/2/Pneumaturia%20and%20faecaluria%2C%20Symptoms%20leading%20to%20a%20life-saving%20diagnosis.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33473/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080122007270; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103967

Colonic diverticulosis is often asymptomatic, but it can complicate bleeding, abscess and stricture. Pneumaturia and faecaluria are unexpected manifestations of colonic diverticulitis complicated by colovesical fistula formation. This case report highlighted a 57-year-old man who presented with lowe...