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Table 1 Comparison of various disorders characterized by urinary retention.

From: Acute urinary retention in a 23-year-old woman with mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion: a case report

 

Headache, fever

Stiff neck, Kernig sign

DOC

Paralysis

Sensory disturbance

Lower limb reflexes

Ataxia

Urodynamics

Increased cells in CSF

F wave

Brain MRI

Spinal MRI lesion

Revival period

This case

+

-

-

-

Normal

Decreased

+

UD

-

Not elicited

WM, SCC

-

1 month

MERS

+/-

+/-

+/-

-

Normal

Normal or brisk

+/-

-

+/-

Normal

WM, SCC

-

1 month

MRS

+

+/-

-

-

Normal or positive

Normal or brisk

-

UD

+

Normal

-

-

2-10 weeks

Reversible SCC lesion

+MRS [8]

+

+

-

-

Normal

Normal

+

UD

+

+

SCC

+

7 weeks

ADEM

+/-

+/-

+/-

Paraparesis or normal

Normal or positive

Normal or brisk or decreased

+/-

DHIC or UD or -

+/-

Normal or not elicited

WM, SCC

+/-

Several weeks

or months

  1. ADEM, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; LL, lower limbs; DHIC, detrusor hyperreflexia with impaired contractile function; DOC, disturbance of consciousness; MERS, mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion; MRS, meningitis-retention syndrome; SCC, splenium of the corpus callosum; UD, underactive detrusor with or without hyper-reflexia; WM, white matter lesion.