Neurologic Diagnosis in Two Hundred and Fifty Cases of Cord Bladder

The term cord bladder is applied in cases in which the bladder fails to function because of lesions in the nervous system. The term neurogenic dysfunction of the bladder would be more accurate, if less picturesque. Cord bladder is used without any special reference to the site of the lesion, whether in the central or peripheral nervous system. In recent years the attempt has been made to use the term atonic bladder for the condition resulting from a lesion in the peripheral nerves and to restrict the term cord bladder to cases in which actual lesions are present in the spinal cord.¹In 1926, Moore²investigated the sensibility of the mucosa of the bladder and stated: "My findings favor the opinion that two main types of neuropathic bladder exist: (1) those resulting from some disturbance in the peripheral or local nervous mechanism, and (2) those dependent on pathologic