Clinical Case Reports

Biography

Biography: Ihsan Ullah Khan

Abstract

Normal urinary bladder capacity is very important for the maintenance of normal voiding pattern. Reduced bladder capacity disturbs reservoir function of urinary bladder. Patient may suffer from frequency of urination, urgency and even incontinence. It makes life of the patient miserable. Bladder capacity can be markedly affected in different conditions. One such important condition is genitourinary tuberculosis, which reduces the bladder capacity up to 10-15 ml. Other conditions may be interstitial cystitis and Bilharziasis. We encountered and reporting a case of small capacity bladder (10-12 ml capacity only) which was not due to genitourinary tuberculosis but might be a sequelae of Naswar (smokeless tobacco) to which patient was addicted for a long period of time or complicated cystitis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection which patient was having for two years and could not be eradicated due to non compliance. He has developed thimble urinary bladder in less than two years time. This case is a dilemma and hopes to generate a discussion and interest for further studies into the topic.