title: Neuroanatomical correlation of urinary retention in lateral medullary infarction.
abstract: We prospectively recruited 10 patients who presented with urinary retention as a neurological deficit that was attributable to lateral medullary infarction. Of these, 9 patients underwent a urodynamic study, which demonstrated detrusor underactivity of the bladder in 7 patients. Urinary retention developed mainly when the lesions involved the lateral tegmentum of the middle or caudal medulla. We concluded that interruption of the descending pathway from the pontine micturition center to the sacral spinal cord in the lateral medulla was responsible for the development of urinary retention.
authors: Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute, Busan.
authors: Han-Jin
authors: HJ
authors: Cho
authors: Tae-Ho
authors: TH
authors: Kang
authors: Jae-Hyeok
authors: JH
authors: Chang
authors: Yu-Ri
authors: YR
authors: Choi
authors: Min-Gyu
authors: MG
authors: Park
authors: Kwang-Dong
authors: KD
authors: Choi
authors: Sang-Min
authors: SM
authors: Sung
authors: Kyung-Pil
authors: KP
authors: Park
authors: Dae-Soo
authors: DS
authors: Jung
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology