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Herpes zoster-induced acute urinary retention.
Department of General Surgery, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. benaddison24@gmail.com
Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA 2013 JunSizes of these terms reflect their relevance to your search.
Urinary retention is a common acute presentation for men in their later decades. Potential contributing pathologies are numerous. We report an unusual case of acute urinary retention requiring catheterisation secondary to sacral herpes zoster reactivation (S2-4) in an 88-year-old man with minimal preceding obstructive symptoms. © 2013 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine.
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Ben Addison, Martyn Harvey. Herpes zoster-induced acute urinary retention. Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA. 2013 Jun;25(3):279-81
PMID: 23759051
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