1 Samsun Terme Devlet Hastanesi Üroloji Uzmanı, Samsun, Türkiye
2 Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Üroloji Ana Bilim Dalı, Ankara, Türkiye
3 Ankara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Üroloji Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye
Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a rare form of comlicated urinary tract infection (UTI). Its characteristic feature is the present of gas in the bladder wall and lumen. Immunocompro-mised patients and diabetes mellitus (DM) are the primary risk factors for the EC and clinical symptoms of EC is range from asymptomatic to severe sepsis. EC is commonly detected in ol-derly diabetic women and seen in women two times more than in men. Here, we present a pa-tient was diabetic 73-year-old man attemped us with pain and gross hematuria for a few days.
Key Words: Emphysematous cystitis, ab-dominal pain, hematuria
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