[Double-J catheter: spontaneous rupture].

A case is presented of spontaneous rupture of a double-J catheter in a 61-year-old patient suffering from carcinoma of the prostate gland with urethral entrapment. The patient did not attend visits for periodical catheter changes, suffering the rupture of the catheter in two occasions remaining under those conditions for 20 and 18 months respectively. Removal of the fragments and placing of a new double Pit-Tail, required in both occasions a combination of cystoscopic and percutaneous maneuvers.