title: Acute urinary retention in elderly female patients after photodynamic therapy of urethral condyloma--report of two cases.
abstract: We report two cases of acute urinary retention (AUR) occurred after intra-urethral aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) in elderly females (>66 years old) with urethral condylomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ling-Lin
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiu-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D062688:Buschke-Lowenstein Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid