An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's Sarcoma

Urinary incontinence in children can be originated mostly from urinary tract infections, but constipation, neurologic disorders, obstruction and tumors can also be considered among other causes. Pelvic tumors may present with back pain, bladder or bowel dysfunction. Ewing's sarcoma is among the...

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Main Author: Serhan Kupeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cukurova University 2015-03-01
Series:Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=189313
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description Urinary incontinence in children can be originated mostly from urinary tract infections, but constipation, neurologic disorders, obstruction and tumors can also be considered among other causes. Pelvic tumors may present with back pain, bladder or bowel dysfunction. Ewing's sarcoma is among the small round-cell tumors of the childhood and potentially can arise from any part of the body. Here, we report an 11-year-old male presented with urinary incontinence and diagnosed as Ewing's sarcoma after 6 weeks' delay. Clinicians should suspect from pelvic tumors in the presence of urinary incontinence especially associated with low back pain. [Cukurova Med J 2015; 40(Suppl 1): 94-96]
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spelling doaj.art-ad38de03ddd54c5ebc99f60d5b84c29f2023-02-15T16:15:55ZengCukurova UniversityÇukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi0250-51502015-03-014019496189313An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's SarcomaSerhan Kupeli0Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine Department of Pediatric Oncology and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Adana/TURKEY.Urinary incontinence in children can be originated mostly from urinary tract infections, but constipation, neurologic disorders, obstruction and tumors can also be considered among other causes. Pelvic tumors may present with back pain, bladder or bowel dysfunction. Ewing's sarcoma is among the small round-cell tumors of the childhood and potentially can arise from any part of the body. Here, we report an 11-year-old male presented with urinary incontinence and diagnosed as Ewing's sarcoma after 6 weeks' delay. Clinicians should suspect from pelvic tumors in the presence of urinary incontinence especially associated with low back pain. [Cukurova Med J 2015; 40(Suppl 1): 94-96]http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=189313Ewing's sarcomaurinary incontinencechildhood
spellingShingle Serhan Kupeli
An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's Sarcoma
Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
Ewing's sarcoma
urinary incontinence
childhood
title An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's Sarcoma
title_full An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's Sarcoma
title_fullStr An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's Sarcoma
title_full_unstemmed An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's Sarcoma
title_short An Unusual Cause of Urinary Incontinence: Ewing's Sarcoma
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urinary incontinence
childhood
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