Acute abdominal distension secondary to urinary retention in a patient after alcohol withdrawal.

Alcohol Alcohol

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.

Published: August 2005

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.

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