title: Benign transient urinary retention.
abstract: Three cases of acute urinary retention due to sacral myeloradiculitis are described. The authors stress the importance of diagnosing this rare and benign condition, which, in the past, has too often been mislabelled as either psychogenic or the first manifestation of a demyelinating disease.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*