A case of urination apraxia: phenomenology of the syndrome and differential diagnosis with other forms of post-stroke cortical dysuria

Abstract

We described the clinical features of urination apraxia as oneof post-stroke cortical neurogenic disturbances of bladderfunction. Neurological and urological symptoms and the dataof urodynamic and neurophysiological studies in a patient withurination apraxia resulting from the right-hemispheric lesionin the projection of cingulate gyrus are demonstrated. Thedifferential diagnosis was carried out with the case of motordetrusor atony after stroke in the right temporal lobe and theinsula, and with the case of imperative urination after stroke inthe left frontal lobe in the projection of cingulate gyrus.

Keywords

• urination apraxia
• stroke
• post-stroke cortical neurogenic dysuria