title: Uremia as a complication to urinary retention due to hypothyreosis. Case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Engberg
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014511:Uremia / Q000209:etiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000150:complications*