Acute urinary retention in a male child may be due to:
Acute urinary retention in a male child may be due to local inflammatory causes like meatal ulcer with scabbing. Etiology of urinary retention in children Neurological processes (17%) Severe voiding dysfunction (15%) UTI (13%) Constipation (13%) Adverse drug effect (13%) Local inflammatory causes (7%) Locally invading neoplasms (6%) Benign obstructing lesions (6%) Idiopathic (6%) Combined UTI and constipation (2%) Incarcerated inguinal hernia (2%)
Prostatic radiotherapy
Urethral stricture
Hysteria
Meatal ulcer with scabbing
Urethra and penis