Acute Urinary Retention Due to Retrovesical Hematoma: A Case Report

Acute Urinary Retention Due to Retrovesical Hematoma: A Case Report

Acute urinary retention is a urologic emergency, which has a meaningful impact on patients' quality of life. The compression of retrovesical hematoma is a rare cause of urinary retention. We report the presentation and discuss the differential diagnosis of acute urinary retention due to retrove...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Turgay Akgul, Osman Polat, Baris Nuhoglu, Ali Ayyildiz, Cankon Germiyanoglu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2007-12-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
acute urinary retention
bladder compression
pelvic trauma
retrovesical hematoma
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X08700627
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Summary:Acute urinary retention is a urologic emergency, which has a meaningful impact on patients' quality of life. The compression of retrovesical hematoma is a rare cause of urinary retention. We report the presentation and discuss the differential diagnosis of acute urinary retention due to retrovesical hematoma in a 57-year-old male patient.
ISSN:1607-551X

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