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. 1996 Oct;61(4):407–408. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.61.4.407

Reversible urinary retention as the main symptom in the first manifestation of a syringomyelia.

G Amoiridis 1, S Meves 1, L Schöls 1, H Przuntek 1
PMCID: PMC486584  PMID: 8890781

Abstract

A neurogenic bladder is seldom described as the first manifestation of syringomyelia. A patient is reported with an extensive syrinx along the entire spinal cord and a Chiari type I malformation, who experienced dysaesthesia and weakness during shooting practice and presented with urinary retention.

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