Undiagnosed urethral carcinoma: an unusual cause of female urinary retention

Urology. 2000 Mar;55(3):436. doi: 10.1016/s0090-4295(99)00446-x.

Abstract

Female urinary retention is extremely rare. Two cases of female urethral carcinoma that presented as urinary retention are reviewed and discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / complications
  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / complications
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urethral Neoplasms / complications
  • Urethral Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Retention / etiology*