title: Chronic urinary retention after surgery for a rare case of adult presacral teratoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Presacral teratomas are usually observed in the first two decades of life and have a 50-67% incidence of malignant transformation. Surgery is the treatment of choice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here, we report the case of 24-year-old female with chronic urinary retention after surgery for a presacral teratoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retroperitoneal pelvic surgery may cause pelvic plexus and nerve injury, leading to permanent bladder dysfunction and urinary retention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Funda Güngör
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Uğurlucan
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Cem
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Iyibozkurt
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burçin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karamustafaoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keyif
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Meryem Kürek
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Eken
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Onay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yalçın
keywords: Presacral teratoma; retroperitoneal tumor; urinary retention