Urinary Retention Probably Secondary to Herpes Genitalis

Acute urinary retention is an unusual presenting complaint in a previously well young adult. When retention is associated with minor neurologic symptoms and signs, lumbosacral disk herniation, spinal-cord compression, multiple sclerosis and psychogenic urinary retention are the commonest diagnoses considered. Viral infections of the spinal meninges, nerve roots or spinal cord are not generally included in the differential diagnosis of urinary retention. We have recently studied 11 young adults with herpes genitalis in whom urinary retention was associated with signs of lumbosacral radiculomyelopathy.Case MaterialIn eight female and three male patients, with ages ranging from 19 to 38 years . . .