title: Acute urinary retention caused by a unilateral hematometra.
abstract: We describe a unilateral hematometra with an associated hematosalpinx causing acute retention of urine in a female adolescent. Normal menstruation had occurred from the uterine cavity on the unaffected side. Treatment was by abdominal metroplasty with complete excision of the uterine septum and a terminal cuff salpingostomy. Urological investigation revealed ipsilateral renal agenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin.
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Loong
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006409:Hematometra / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities