title: Acute urinary retention in a 9-year-old child: an atypical presentation of acute appendicitis.
abstract: Acute urinary retention is unusual in childhood and when present is likely to have an identifiable cause. Although the evaluation is often performed by the urologic specialist after relief of the obstruction, it is imperative that some causes be identified in the Emergency Department. This is a case of a 9-year-old boy in acute urinary retention caused by a ruptured appendix with a periappendiceal abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia 20042, USA.
authors.forename: Rick C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Place
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*