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Herpes zoster infection: a rare cause of acute urinary retention
Department of Surgery (Urology), St. Joseph’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Address correspondence to Anil Kapoor, MD, St. Joseph’s
Healthcare, McMaster University, G840-50 Charlton Ave E,
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 4A6 Canada.
Canadian Journal of Urology 2003, 10(3), 1912-1913.
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Herpes zoster (HZ) infection has been reported as a rare cause of acute urinary retention. HZ infection involving sacral, thoracolumbar, and rarely high thoracic dermatomes is believed to occasionally cause motor and sensory neuropathy of the bladder. This is specifically achieved by the interruption of the detrusor reflex causing subsequent bladder atonia. As the course and management of this entity is quite benign, HZ should remain a diagnostic consideration in the management of urinary retention. We report a case of acute urinary retention of approximately 2.5 liters associated with HZ infection and review the proposed pathogenesis and therapeutic considerations in the management of this entity.Keywords
urinary retention, herpes zoster
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Chan, J.E., Kapoor, A. (2003). Herpes zoster infection: a rare cause of acute urinary retention. Canadian Journal of Urology, 10(3), 1912–1913.
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Chan JE, Kapoor A. Herpes zoster infection: a rare cause of acute urinary retention. Can J Urology. 2003;10(3):1912–1913.
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J.E. Chan and A. Kapoor, “Herpes zoster infection: a rare cause of acute urinary retention,” Can. J. Urology, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1912–1913, 2003.
Copyright © 2003 The Author(s). Published by Tech Science Press.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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