Acute urinary retention attributable to sacral herpes zoster
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Herpes zoster-associated acute urinary retention in immunocompetent patient*
Herpes zoster-associated urinary retention is an uncommon event related to virus infection of the S2-S4 dermatome. The possible major reasons are ipsilateral hemicystitis, neuritis-induced or myelitis-associated virus infection. We report a case of a 65-year-old immunocompetent female patient who presented an acute urinary retention after four days under treatment with valacyclovir for gluteal ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.009928