Acute urinary retention in elderly female patients after photodynamic therapy of urethral condyloma--report of two cases

Hong-Wei Wang; Ling-Lin Zhang; Xiao-Dong Song; Zheng Huang; Xiu-Li Wang

doi:10.1016/j.pdpdt.2012.11.003

Acute urinary retention in elderly female patients after photodynamic therapy of urethral condyloma--report of two cases

Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2013 May;10(2):203-5. doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2012.11.003. Epub 2012 Dec 4.

Authors

Hong-Wei Wang¹, Ling-Lin Zhang, Xiao-Dong Song, Zheng Huang, Xiu-Li Wang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Shanghai, China.

PMID: 23769287
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2012.11.003

Abstract

We report two cases of acute urinary retention (AUR) occurred after intra-urethral aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) in elderly females (>66 years old) with urethral condylomas.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Aminolevulinic Acid / adverse effects*
Aminolevulinic Acid / therapeutic use*
Buschke-Lowenstein Tumor / complications
Buschke-Lowenstein Tumor / drug therapy*
Female
Humans
Photochemotherapy / adverse effects*
Photosensitizing Agents / adverse effects
Photosensitizing Agents / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome
Urethral Neoplasms / complications
Urethral Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Urinary Retention / chemically induced*
Urinary Retention / prevention & control

Substances

Photosensitizing Agents
Aminolevulinic Acid