Pneumaturia

Under a pneumaturia (Greek pneuma πνεῦμα, air '; ouron οὖρον, urine ' ) is the elimination of gases in the urine.

Causes

The reasons underlying in some of the cases a fistula between the bladder and an air-filled hollow organ such as the colon or vagina that may occur as a complication of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease, a surgical intervention in a patient with diverticulitis or colorectal cancer. In diabetics also are rare urinary tract infections with microorganisms (bacteria, Candida albicans) before that degrade the increasingly excreted in the urine glucose with gas formation enzymatically ( emphysematous cystitis).