title: [S1 Herpes zoster localization: acute urinary retention in woman].
abstract: Acute urinary retention in women is rare. The varicella-zoster virus causes inflammatory lesions of the sensory-root ganglions, meninges and, less frequently, spinal cord. Herpes zoster has been reported to affect, although rarely, lower urinary tract innervations, and acute urinary retention can be thought to occur in the presence of sacral dermatome involvement. Usually it is located in S2-4 dermatome and the prognosis for acute urinary retention is benign resolving in about 20 days. We present a case in which the S1 dermatome was involved and acute urinary retention developed. After 10 days of specific therapy and self-catheterization the problem resolved.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Materno Infantile e di Urologia e Andrologia, A.O.U. Policlinico Paolo Giaccone di Palermo, Italy. marco.vella@libero.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vella
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mastrocinque
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giammanco
authors.forename: Darwin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melloni
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D057928:Intermittent Urethral Catheterization; D008875:Middle Aged; D012447:Sacrum; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000821:virology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir