The authors presented a case report of the acute abdomen with pelvic abscess because bladder perforation in a 21-year-old patient with multiple sclerosis and intermittent catheterization of the urinary bladder.
University Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Hospital “Sveti Duh”, ZagrebSveti Duh 63, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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