SPONTANEOUS ACUTE URINARY RETENTION DURIN G THE COURSE OF LYMPHOCYTICMENINGITIS PROBABLY REFLECTS VIRAL SACRAL RADICULOMYELITIS - A REPORTOF 2 CASES IN ADOLESCENTS

Two cases of sacral radiculomyelitis of presumably viral origin with a cute urinary retention as the first manifestation are reported. Lumbar puncture was performed because of the absence of urologic abnormaliti es in the first case and because of delayed apparition of meningeal sy mptoms in the second. In both patients, cerebrospinal fluid analysis e stablished the diagnosis of lymphocytic meningitis. The clinical pictu re of sacral radiculomyelitis is often incomplete, and acute urinary r etention is sometimes the only manifestation. Sacral radiculomyelitis should be routinely considered among the causes of acute neurological urinary retention, despite its low incidence in pediatric patients.