The spinal cord descending pathway for micturition: analysis in patients with spinal cord infarction.
We present three patients with urinary retention caused by spinal cord infarction of the deep white matter bilaterally within the ventral and lateral columns. This region corresponds to the watershed of the anterior spinal artery. We consider therefore that the descending pathway to the bladder lies in this area.
Inatomi
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Y
Department of Neurology, Iizuka Hospital, Japan.
Itoh
Y
Y
Fujii
N
N
Nakanishi
K
K
D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*