Abstract
Urinary retention is a common problem, most often due to an anatomical lesion in the urinary tract causing obstruction, such as a urethral stricture or prostate enlargement. However, a subset of patients have no structural urological lesion, and so require neurological evaluation. We present a patient with acute urinary retention who was found to have chronic meningitis, and review the neurological causes for urinary retention.
Keywords:
NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROUROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; UROLOGY.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
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Humans
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Male
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Meningitis / cerebrospinal fluid
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Meningitis / complications
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Meningitis / diagnosis*
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Middle Aged
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Treatment Outcome
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Urinary Retention / cerebrospinal fluid
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Urinary Retention / complications
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Urinary Retention / diagnosis
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Urinary Retention / drug therapy*
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Urinary Retention / etiology*
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Urinary Tract / innervation*
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Urinary Tract / pathology
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Urinary Tract / physiopathology
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Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena / drug effects