title: Urinary retention for the neurologist.
abstract: Urinary retention is a common problem, most often due to an anatomical lesion in the urinary tract causing obstruction, such as a urethral stricture or prostate enlargement. However, a subset of patients have no structural urological lesion, and so require neurological evaluation. We present a patient with acute urinary retention who was found to have chronic meningitis, and review the neurological causes for urinary retention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Uro-neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Jai H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seth
authors.forename: Clare J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Jalesh N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Panicker
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014553:Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROUROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; UROLOGY