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Micturition symptoms in frontal tumours
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
|April 1, 1974
Summary
Frontal lobe tumors can cause urinary frequency, urgency, and incontinence. This syndrome, linked to frontal lobe lesions, may help localize brain tumors.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Urology
Background:
- A syndrome of urinary frequency, urgency, and incontinence was described in 1964.
- The prevalence and localizing value of this syndrome in relation to brain tumors have not been fully established.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the incidence of this urinary syndrome in patients with frontal lobe tumors.
- To assess the potential of this syndrome as a localizing sign for intracranial tumors.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective analysis of 50 consecutive patients with frontal lobe tumors.
- Review of 100 consecutive patients with non-frontal intracranial tumors.
- Clinical assessment for the presence of urinary frequency, urgency, and incontinence.
Main Results:
- Seven out of 50 (14%) patients with frontal lobe tumors presented with the urinary syndrome.
- No cases of the urinary syndrome were observed in 100 patients with non-frontal intracranial tumors.
- The syndrome appears to be more common than previously suggested.
Conclusions:
- The urinary frequency, urgency, and incontinence syndrome occurs in a significant proportion of frontal lobe tumor cases.
- The absence of this syndrome in non-frontal tumors suggests its potential value in localizing lesions to the frontal lobes.