title: A challenging review of childhood incontinence: rare complications of dysfunctional elimination syndrome in an epileptic boy.
abstract: A multidisciplinary approach is mandatory in defining the cause and directing the treatment of childhood urinary incontinence. Both pediatricians and pediatric urologists should carefully evaluate a child with incontinence for possible overlapping etiologies, before labeling him or her as a refractory case. We report an epileptic boy with dysfunctional elimination syndrome (DES) with associated rare complications of giggle incontinence and idiopathic urethritis, proving the need for a good voiding diary, patient history and structured symptom scores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Urology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgü
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aydoğdu
authors.forename: Berk
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Burgu
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teber
authors.forename: Semsa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Altugan
authors.forename: Ilker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gökçe
authors.forename: Gülhiz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deda
authors.forename: Tarkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soygür
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D020938:Epilepsy, Partial, Motor / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007845:Laughter; D008297:Male; D014526:Urethritis / Q000150:complications*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology