title: Acute urinary retention due to retrovesical hematoma: a case report.
abstract: Acute urinary retention is a urologic emergency, which has a meaningful impact on patients' quality of life. The compression of retrovesical hematoma is a rare cause of urinary retention. We report the presentation and discuss the differential diagnosis of acute urinary retention due to retrovesical hematoma in a 57-year-old male patient.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Second Urology Clinic, Ankara, Turkey. turgayakgul@gmail.com
authors.forename: Turgay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akgul
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nuhoglu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayyildiz
authors.forename: Cankon
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Germiyanoglu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*