Abnormalities in micturition

Micturation Abnormalities Microchapters
Overview
Causes
Differential Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

Abnormalities of Micturation Differential Diagnosis

Differentiating the diseases that can cause abnormality in micturation:

Diseases			Clinical manifestations									Para-clinical findings						Gold standard	Additional findings
			Symptoms						Physical examination
												Lab Findings			Imaging
			Low back pain	Fever	Urinary symptoms				Supra-pubic tenderness	Skin lesions	Other	CBC	Electrolytes	Urinalysis	Ultrasonography	CT scan	Other
					Dribbling	Hesitancy	Nocturia	Dysuria
Inflammatory	Dermatological disorders	Lichen sclerosus	-	-	-	+	-		-		-
		Behcet's syndrome	-	-	-	+	-		-
		Contact dermatitis	-	-	-	+	-		-
	Infectious diseases	Cystitis	-	+	+/-	+	-		+
		Urethritis	-	+	-	+	-		+/-
		Pyelonephritis	+	+	-	+	-		+/-
		Vulvovaginitis	-	+	+	+	-		-
		Cervicitis	+/-	+	+/-	-	-		+
		Prostatitis	+	+/-	+	+	+		+
		Epididymoorchitis	-	+/-	+	+
Non-inflammatory	Anatomic	Urethral stricture
		Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)			+
	Drug	Spermicides
		Cyclophosphamide
	Endocrine disorders	Atrophic vaginitis
		Endometriosis
	Malignancy	Bladder cancer
		Vulvovaginal cancer
	Iatrogenic	Genitourinary instrumentation		+
		Pelvic irradiation
		Trauma		±