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Acute Urinary Retention : Herpes Zoster a Rare but Important Cause


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1 Dept. of Skin & STD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, 397, Shree Gopal Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, India
     

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Herpes zoster affecting groin area can present in an unusual way. Along with the vesicles and pain it may also present as acute urinary retention. In such case the patient can be taken for surgery for urinary retention. But in such case a surgery is not required as treating the herpes relieves the patient of acute urinary retention. We present such case who presented with acute urinary retention, lesions of herpes zoster and was taken for surgery(trans urethral resection of prostate, TURP).

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Acute Urinary Retention, Herpes Zoster, Sacral Nerve.
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Authors

Puneet Agarwal
Dept. of Skin & STD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, 397, Shree Gopal Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, India
Dinesh Mathur
Dept. of Skin & STD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, 397, Shree Gopal Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, India
Manisha Nijhawan
Dept. of Skin & STD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, 397, Shree Gopal Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, India
Mahendra K. Chaperwal
Dept. of Skin & STD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, 397, Shree Gopal Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, India
Vibhor Goyal
Dept. of Skin & STD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, 397, Shree Gopal Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, India
Shilpa Soni
Dept. of Skin & STD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, 397, Shree Gopal Nagar, Gopalpura Bypass, Jaipur, India

Abstract


Herpes zoster affecting groin area can present in an unusual way. Along with the vesicles and pain it may also present as acute urinary retention. In such case the patient can be taken for surgery for urinary retention. But in such case a surgery is not required as treating the herpes relieves the patient of acute urinary retention. We present such case who presented with acute urinary retention, lesions of herpes zoster and was taken for surgery(trans urethral resection of prostate, TURP).

Keywords


Acute Urinary Retention, Herpes Zoster, Sacral Nerve.