Reversible urinary retention as the main symptom in the first manifestation of a syringomyelia.
A neurogenic bladder is seldom described as the first manifestation of syringomyelia. A patient is reported with an extensive syrinx along the entire spinal cord and a Chiari type I malformation, who experienced dysaesthesia and weakness during shooting practice and presented with urinary retention.
Neurologische Klinik der Ruhr-Universität, St Josef-Hospital Bochum, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001767:Blinking; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000503:physiopathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver