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Spontaneous, asymptomatic extravasation during retrograde cystography occurred in a quadraplegic patient who had been maintained on constant Foley catheter drainage for 7 years. This phenomenon has recently been described in a few anuric patients being studied prior to renal transplant and is probably related to the chronic disuse status of the bladder. It is a self-limiting process and, in the absence of a clinical reaction, only observation is warranted.
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Staffa, M., Naimark, A. Extravasation from the unused bladder during cystography: case report. Spinal Cord 24, 385–388 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1986.58
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