title: Anterior sacral meningocoele presenting as acute urinary retention. A case report.
abstract: Anterior sacral meningocoele is caused by a congenital hiatus in the anterior sacrum. We report a very rare case which presented as acute urinary retention. The common findings of anterior sacral meningocele include atypical low back pain, urological and gynaecological symptoms. Acute urinary retention as a presenting symptom does not appear to have been mentioned in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. mathieu_lefere@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lefere
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Verleyen
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feys
authors.forename: Jan F A
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Somers
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult