Non-obstructive urinary retention-An unusual presentation of prostate cancer

Abstract

Urinary retention due to obstruction is a common presenting symptom of carcinoma of the prostate. We report the first case in which non-obstructive urinary retention was the presenting symptom in a middle-aged patient with undiagnosed prostate cancer which had metastasized to the spine and caused cord compression.

• Metastasis
• non-obstructive
• prostate cancer
• spinal cord compression
• urinary retention