Chronic Urinary Retention (CUR) can be either
asymptomatic or associated with lower urinary tract
symptoms. There has been no report of case of CUR
presented with unilateral scrotal swelling. In the present
report, a 69-year-old man came with an abdominal
distension and left scrotal swelling. He was initially
diagnosed with ascites secondary to a possible malignancy.
A diagnosis was established after a computed tomography
(CT) scan was done that revealed a giant bladder distension
with volume of 10.1 litres. The left scrotal swelling was
resolved after catheterization was carried out. There was a
possibility that the patient had inferior vena cava
obstruction secondary to the huge bladder