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. 1981 May;63(3):195–197.

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

A V Kaisary, R W Grant
PMCID: PMC2493929  PMID: 7247280

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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