Post open prostatectomy bladder exteriorization mimicking “acquired bladder extrophy’’

AO Takure1, VC Onuora2, W Akerele31Urology Division, Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; 2College of Health Sciences, Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin, Nigeria; 3Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, NigeriaAbstract: A 58-year-old Nigerian male had open prostatectomy undertaken in a private hospital 3 months before presenting at our out-patient clinic with leakage of urine and a widening supra pubic defect of 10 weeks duration. Examination showed the posterior bladder wall and visible trigone. Subsequently the defect was closed and he remained continent at follow up.Keywords: post open prostatectomy, bladder exteriorization, adult bladder exstrophy