Open AccessLate chronic inflammatory reaction post-silastic sling insertion masquerading as an invasive bladder tumour
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shabi Ahmad,
Muhammad Aslam,
Andrew Thorpe
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.616
Subject(s) - silastic , medicine , sling (weapon) , complication , surgery , bladder cancer , stress incontinence , urinary incontinence , cancer
There are various surgical techniques to treat female stress urinaryincontinence. We present the case of a long-term complication ina lady, where a silastic sling caused a massive retropubic fibrousreaction, masquerading, clinically and radiologically, as a muscleinvasive bladder cancer.