| Literature DB >> 26298658 |
Guillermo A Ariza Traslaviña1, Luiz Antonio Del Ciampo2, Ivan Savioli Ferraz3.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of a preschool girl who developed acute urinary retention associated with constipation. CASE DESCRIPTION: A girl aged six years old presented a 24 hour history of inability to urinate. She was went twice to the emergency room during this period. In the first admission, 12 hours after the onset of the symptoms, she presented abdominal pain and acute urinary retention. After the drainage by urinary catheterization of 300 mL of clear urine, she presented relief of the symptoms and, as urinalysis had no change, the patient was discharged home. Twelve hours after the first visit, she returned to the emergency room complaining about the same symptoms. At physical examination, there was only a palpable and distended bladder up to the umbilicus with no other abnormalities. Again, a urinary catheterization was performed, which drained 450 mL of clear urine, with immediate relief of the symptoms. Urinalysis and urine culture had no abnormalities. During the anamnesis, the diagnosis of constipation was considered and a plain abdominal radiography was performed, which identified large amount of feces throughout the colon (fecal retention). An enema with a 12% glycerin solution was prescribed for three days. During follow-up, the child used laxatives and dietary modifications, this contributed to the resolution of the constipation. There were no other episodes of urinary retention after 6 months of follow-up. COMMENTS: Acute urinary retention in children is a rare phenomenon and constipation should be considered as a cause.Entities:
Keywords: Child; Constipation; Constipação intestinal; Criança; Retenção urinária; Urinary retention
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26298658 PMCID: PMC4685571 DOI: 10.1016/j.rpped.2015.03.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Paul Pediatr ISSN: 0103-0582
Figure 1Abdominal X-rays in the standing (A) and supine (B) position, disclosing large amount of stool in the ascending and descending colon, sigmoid and rectum. Dilation in the rectosigmoid segment, secondary to the presence of stool, can also be observed.
Figura 1Radiografias de abdome em posição ortostática (A) e decúbito dorsal (B) em que se observa grande quantidade de fezes nos cólons ascendente e descendente, sigmoide e reto. Nota-se também dilatação do segmento reto sigmoide secundário à presença das fezes.