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Herpes simplex virus type 2 infection associated with urinary retention in the absence of genital lesions
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Illinois, USA.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 14-year-old boy had inguinal lymphadenitis and associated urinary retention; herpetic genital and anal lesions were absent. Lymph node biopsy established the presence of infection with herpes simplex virus type 2. We recommend that this infection be considered in the differential diagnosis of adolescent patients with urinary retention and constipation, even when the diagnostic clue provided by genital ulcers is absent.