TOpic: Rare and Special Cases, The Real “Strange Cases”

• DOI: 10.1007/bf03355402
• Publication Date: 2015-10-30T17:11:51Z
• Authors: A. Teoh; S. Chan; H. Yip; P. Chiu; E. Ng; U. Sekmen; M. Paksoy; M. Sahoo; C. A. Tonizzo; A. Lauretta; M. Kosuta; L. Pinciroli; A. Infantino; M. Khetan; P. Bhatia; S. Kalhan; S. John; V. Bindal; B. Hansske; S. Axer; M. Ertem; H. Gök; E. Ozveri; G. Cavallaro; O. Iorio; G. Palleschi; A. L. Pastore; L. Silvestri; D. Autieri; A. Ripoli; A. Leto; G. Silecchia; M. Rizzello; A. Carbone; C. Bertoglio; P. Carnevali; C. Magistro; P. DeMartini; A. Forgione; S. Di Lernia; G. Ferrari; R. Pugliese; M. A. Garcia Ureña; J. López Monclús; V. Panizzo; A. Califano; M. Marini; G. Basilico; G. Micheletto

Introduction: The bladder hernia represents approximately 1-3% of all inguinal hernias, where patients aged more than 50 years have a higher incidence (10%). Many factors contribute to the development of a bladder hernia, including the presence of a urinary outlet obstruction causing chronic bladder distention, the loss of bladder tone, pericystitis, the perivesical bladder fat protrusion and the obesity.