female reproductive system disorder urethral disorder Fowler urethral sphincter dysfunction syndrome https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/issues/10740 https://www.malacards.org/card/fowler_urethral_sphincter_dysfunction_syndrome UMLS:C2931462 SCTID:700242002 Fowler-Christmas-Chapple syndrome MESH:C537271 voiding dysfunction and polycystic ovaries Orphanet:2795 MEDGEN:419813 Fowler's syndrome Fowler syndrome polycystic ovaries urethral sphincter dysfunction MONDO:0017200 Please do not confuse with MONDO:0009168 proliferative vasculopathy and hydranencephaly-hydrocephaly syndrome that can also be referred to as Fowler syndrome (PMID:30680238). A urethral disorder characterized by otherwise unexplained chronic urinary retention of more than 1 liter of sterile urine on catheterization, an asensitive bladder with loss of urge to void, and no help of straining. It is associated with abnormal electromyographic activity. Poor tolerance of self-catheterization is typically reported. The condition occurs in women between menarche and menopause, some of whom also have polycystic ovaries. GARD:0002365 polycystic ovaries-urethral sphincter dysfunction syndrome