TY - JOUR T1 - Acute urinary retention attributable to sacral herpes zoster JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 752 LP - 753 DO - 10.1136/emj.2003.009928 VL - 21 IS - 6 AU - J Acheson AU - D Mudd Y1 - 2004/11/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/6/752.abstract N2 - Acute urinary retention in women is uncommon. A 63 year old woman presented with suprapubic pain, a palpable bladder, and multiple grouped vesicles on the right buttock. Catheterisation showed a residual of 2000 ml. A case is reported of acute urinary retention secondary to herpes zoster infection of the sacral nerves (S2–4). ER -