title: [Micturition disorders in elderly patients].
abstract: After clinical evaluation, imaging is extremely important in determining the type of treatment and approach of micturition disorders in elderly. In this article, the advantages and limitations of each of the relevant techniques are reviewed and highlighting, with correlation to clinical evaluation. Sonography has become the most widely used technique to study bladder dysfunction. CT and MRI have specific indications.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, CHU, avenue de la Côte de Nacre, 14033 Caen. schmutz-g@chu-caen.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schmutz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chartier-Kastler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012737:Sex Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014513:Ureter; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014567:Urography