Uremia as a complication to urinary retention due to hypothyreosis. Case report

M V Hansen; A Engberg

doi:10.3109/00365598809180814

Uremia as a complication to urinary retention due to hypothyreosis. Case report

Scand J Urol Nephrol. 1988;22(4):351-3. doi: 10.3109/00365598809180814.

Authors

M V Hansen¹, A Engberg

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.

PMID: 3238345
DOI: 10.3109/00365598809180814

Abstract

Uremia caused by urinary retention necessitated acute hemodialysis in a middle-aged woman. The primary etiology was most probably hypothyreosis. Normal micturition was reestablished after thyroid substitution.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Hypothyroidism / complications*
Middle Aged
Uremia / etiology*
Urinary Bladder / physiopathology
Urination Disorders / complications*