Hemiparesis of bladder caused by tethered cord

Authors

  • Ryan A. Payne Deptartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
  • Corey O’Connor Deptartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis
  • Michael L. Guralnick Deptartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.530

Abstract

Conventional teaching has maintained that the detrusor musculature is wellcoupled
and unilateral innervation should prompt a coordinated detrusor
contraction. We present the case of a 17-year-old girl with a tethered spinal
cord, unilateral neurologic symptoms and fluoroscopic evidence of ipsilateral
hemiparesis of the bladder unresponsive to cord detethering. This adds to a
small body of evidence that the bladder smooth muscle is less well-coupled than
once believed.

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Author Biographies

Ryan A. Payne, Deptartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis

Corey O’Connor, Deptartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis

Michael L. Guralnick, Deptartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis

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How to Cite

Payne, R. A., O’Connor, C., & Guralnick, M. L. (2013). Hemiparesis of bladder caused by tethered cord. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 2(1), 55–6. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.530

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2008): CUAJ February

Section

Case Report

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