Acute Urinary Retention in an Old Male Caused By a Prostatic Urethral Polyp

Abstract

Acute urinary retention (AUR) is a common urological emergency characterized by a sudden inability to pass urine. In this manuscript, a 58-year-old male with the history of AUR caused by a prostatic urethral polyp, which is a rare cause of AUR in elderly, was presented. In this patient, polyp resulted in complete urethral obstruction with a mechanism similar to that of posterior urethral valves and transurethral resection of prostate and this polyp improved the infravesical obstruction symptoms completely and rapidly. Key words: Acute urinary retention, Prostatic urethral polyp, Posterior urethral valve, Transurethral resection, Cystoscopy.

Keywords

• Acute urinary retention, Prostatic urethral polyp, Posterior urethral valve, Transurethral resection, Cystoscopy.

Yaşlı Bir Erkekte Prostatik Üretral Polipe Bağlı Gelişen Akut İdrar Retansiyonu

Abstract

Akut idrar retansiyonu işemenin ani ortadan kalkması ile karakterize bir ürolojik acildir. Bu yazıda, akut idrar retansiyonunun yaşlı erkeklerde nadir nedenlerinden biri olan prostatik üretral polipe bağlı olarak 58 yaşında bir erkekte gelişen retansiyon durumu sunulmuştur. Bu hastada polip posterior üretral valvlerinkine benzer bir mekanizmayla tam üretral obstrüksiyona neden olmuş ve prostatın ve polipin transüretral rezeksiyonu infravezikal obstrüksiyon semptomlarını tam olarak ve hızlı biçimde düzeltmiştir. Anahtar kelimeler: Akut idrar retansiyonu, Prostatik üretral polip, Posterior üretral valv, Transüretral rezeksiyon, Sistoskopi.

Keywords

• Akut idrar retansiyonu, Prostatik üretral polip, Posterior üretral valv, Transüretral rezeksiyon, Sistoskopi.

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