Conservative management of early bladder rupture after postoperative radiotherapy for prostate cancer.

Received June 2008 Accepted August 2008 INTRODUCTION Pelvic irradiation is known to cause several complications involving urinary bladder such as radiation cystitis, ulceration, and incontinence.(1,2) Spontaneous intraperitoneal rupture of the urinary bladder is a rare complication following pelvic irradiation.(3-5) To the best of our knowledge, there is only one report of radiation-induced bladder rupture following irradiation for prostate cancer which was managed surgically.(6) Here, we present a case of spontaneous intraperitoneal bladder rupture occurred 8 months after adjuvant radiotherapy for prostate cancer that was successfully managed conservatively.