Ovarian mucinous cystadenoma causing acute urinary retention

Abstract

Acute urinary retention rarely occurs in women, and is only infrequently caused by a pelvic mass. We describe a case of acute urinary retention caused by a large ovarian mucinous cystadenoma. Point of care ultrasound characterized and localized the lesion, while computerized tomography demonstrated the anatomic distortions resulting in urinary retention. The patient's symptoms resolved immediately following a laparoscopic right salpingo‐oophorectomy with complete tumor removal.

Marked urinary retention: Potentially misleading gynecologists into diagnosing the condition as a giant ovarian cyst

“…Reports showed that ovarian tumors caused UR, 3 and an ovarian cyst was misdiagnosed as UR. 4 However, to my knowledge, there is no English report of marked UR misleading gynecologists.…”