title: [Two cases of urinary retention secondary to benign inflammatory nervous diseases].
abstract: We report two cases of acute urinary retention secondary to benign inflammatory nervous disease. Case 1 is in a 48-year-old male who was diagnosed with aseptic meningitis. Case 2 is in a 67-year-old male who was diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. These two cases differred in specific mechanism of the disease, but both shared symptoms of temporal voiding disturbance due to sacral radiculopathy (Elsberg syndrome). This condition is extremely rare, but should be kept in mind because delayed treatment can lead to permanent impairment.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Keiyu Hospital.
authors.forename: Yujiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yasumitsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*