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Pneumaturia
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Pneumaturiaisthepassageofgasor"air"in urine.Thismaybeseenordescribedas "bubblesintheurine".

Pneumaturia
Classificationandexternalresources DiseasesDB 30912 (http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/ddb30912.htm)

Causes

Acommoncauseofpneumaturiaiscolovesicalfistula (communicationbetweenthecolonandbladder).Thesemayoccur asacomplicationofdiverticulardisease. Otherkeydifferentials: Crohn'sdisease Carcinomaofthecolonorbladder AgasproducingUTI(emphysematouscystitis:rare). MalescubadiversUtilizingcondomcathetersorthefemaledivers UtilizingShepexternalcatchingdeviceForTheirdrysuitsare Alsosusceptibletopneumaturia.[1],it

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Diagnosis
DiagnosisismadewiththehelpofCTscan,whichshowstheinflammatorydiverticularmass.Itshouldbe followedbysigmoidoscopytoruleoutcancer.

References
1. ^Harris,Richard(December2009)."Genitourinaryinfectionandbarotraumaascomplicationsof'Pvalve'use indrysuitdivers"(http://archive.rubiconfoundation.org/9482). DivingandHyperbaricMedicine:theJournal oftheSouthPacificUnderwaterMedicineSociety 39(4):2102.PMID22752741 (//www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22752741).Retrieved20130404.

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