Acute abdominal distension secondary to urinary retention in a patient after alcohol withdrawal

Jun-Ichi Iga; Takahide Taniguchi; Tetsuro Ohmori

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agh118

Acute abdominal distension secondary to urinary retention in a patient after alcohol withdrawal

Alcohol Alcohol. 2005 Jan-Feb;40(1):86-7. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agh118. Epub 2004 Nov 29.

Authors

Jun-Ichi Iga¹, Takahide Taniguchi, Tetsuro Ohmori

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Course of Integrated Brain Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 18-15 Kuramoto-cho 3, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. igajunichi@hotmail.com

PMID: 15569718
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh118

Abstract

Several cases of alcohol-induced bladder dysfunction have been reported previously, but the mechanism of its development is varied and unclear. We report a case of symptomatic abdominal distension due to urinary retention after alcohol withdrawal. The timing of the onset suggests that it was induced by alcohol withdrawal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdomen / pathology*
Acute Disease
Ethanol / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome*
Urinary Bladder Diseases / chemically induced*
Urinary Bladder Diseases / pathology
Urinary Catheterization
Urinary Retention / chemically induced*
Urinary Retention / pathology

Substances

Ethanol