title: Non-obstructive urinary retention--an unusual presentation of prostate cancer.
abstract: Urinary retention due to obstruction is a common presenting symptom of carcinoma of the prostate. We report the first case in which non-obstructive urinary retention was the presenting symptom in a middle-aged patient with undiagnosed prostate cancer which had metastasized to the spine and caused cord compression.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. sbandi9@gmail.com
authors.forename: Surendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandi
authors.forename: Murali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krishna Sayana
authors.forename: El-Nasri
authors.initials: el-N
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*