Chronic Urinary Retention after Surgery for a Rare Case of Adult Presacral Teratoma

Funda  Güngör Uğurlucan; Ahmet Cem  İyibozkurt; Burçin  Karamustafaoğlu; Betül  Keyif; Meryem Kürek Eken; Önay  Yalçın

doi:10.5152/balkanmedj.2014.9449

Funda Güngör Uğurlucan ¹, Ahmet Cem İyibozkurt ¹, Burçin Karamustafaoğlu ¹, Betül Keyif ¹, Meryem Kürek Eken ¹, Önay Yalçın ¹

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5152/balkanmedj.2014.9449

Pages : 110-112

Abstract

Background: Presacral teratomas are usually observed in the first two decades of life and have a 50-67% incidence of malignant transformation. Surgery is the treatment of choice.

Case Report: Here, we report the case of 24-year-old female with chronic urinary retention after surgery for a presacral teratoma.

Conclusion: Retroperitoneal pelvic surgery may cause pelvic plexus and nerve injury, leading to permanent bladder dysfunction and urinary retention.

Keywords : Presacral teratoma, retroperitoneal tumor, urinary retention

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