title: Voiding disorders in patients with cerebrovascular disease.
abstract: Eighty patients affected by ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD) in stable conditions were studied: brain CT scan was performed in all patients to evaluate site/extension of brain injury, while urodynamic tests were employed in those patients who showed urinary bladder symptomatology (n = 30). Twenty-six complained of urgency and urge incontinence, only 4 patients showed urinary retention. Micturition abnormalities seem to occur mostly in patients with multiple infarcts and cerebral atrophy and particularly among those with bilateral lesions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurological and Neurosurgical Sciences, 1st Department of Neurology, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Arena
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Di Rosa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arcudi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magaudda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meduri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000294:innervation; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology