'Beehive on the bladder': a sign of colovesical fistula.

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1981 May; 63(3): 195–197.

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A. V. Kaisary and R. W. Grant

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Abstract

The 'beehive' sign on the bladder as seen in cystograms is valuable in diagnosing the presence of colovesical fistula and is invariably associated with the vesical end of the fistulous tract.

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