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A 74-year-old man visited an urologist with complaints of pain above the pubis and inability to urinate for 8 hours. At home he had taken antispasmodics and had a warm bath but no improvement occurred. Objectively: the abdomen is soft and painful above the pubis; dullness of percussion sound is observed above the pubis. Murphy's punch sign (costovertebral angle tenderness) is negative on both sides. What condition does the patient have?

Answer options

  1. Paradoxal ischuria
  2. Anuria
  3. Chronic urinary retention
  4. Oliguria
  5. Acute urinary retention
Correct answer

Acute urinary retention

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