ACUTE ABDOMINAL DISTENSION SECONDARY TO URINARY RETENTION IN A PATIENT AFTER ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL

Authors: IGA, JUN-ICHI; TANIGUCHI, TAKAHIDE; OHMORI, TETSURO

Source: Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 40, Number 1, January 2005 , pp. 86-87(2)

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Abstract:

Several cases of alcohol-induced bladder dysfunction have been reported previously, but the mechanism of its development is varied and unclear. We report a case of symptomatic abdominal distension due to urinary retention after alcohol withdrawal. The timing of the onset suggests that it was induced by alcohol withdrawal.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agh118

Affiliations: 1: Author to whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Psychiatry, Course of Integrated Brain Sciences, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 18-15 Kuramoto-cho 3, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan., T

Publication date: 2005-01-01

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