Dv. Saborio et al., ACUTE URINARY RETENTION SECONDARY TO URETHRAL INFLAMMATION FROM A VAGINAL CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPOSITORY IN A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY, Urologia internationalis, 58(2), 1997, pp. 128-130
We report the case of a 17-year-old boy who developed acute urinary re
tention following unprotected intercourse. His partner employed for th
e first time a nonoxynol-9-based commercial vaginal contraceptive inse
rt. During intercourse the patient felt severe burning pain in the ure
thra. He was subsequently unable to void. Flexible cystourethroscopy r
evealed gross mucosal erythema and inflammation in the distal urethra
and navicular fossa. We discuss the clinical management and review rel
evant literature.