Pseudo-priapism! Forgotten semirigid penile prosthesis
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Letter to the Editor
Pseudo-priapism! Forgotten semirigid penile prosthesis
S Basu(1), C S Biyani(1), S S Karamuri(2) and T Shah(1)
1 - Department of Urology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK
2 - Department of Radiology, St James' Hospital, Leeds, UK
Correspondence to: S Basu, Department of Urology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK E-mail: tigerbasu@hotmail.com
Abstract
Priapism is an undue and sustained erection in the absence of sexual stimulus. In the elderly population drug induced, thromboembolic and malignant aetiologies are common. This report demonstrates that in elderly demented patients, penile prosthesis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of such a condition. A plain X-ray of the pelvic region incorporating the penis could prove very useful, particularly in the absence of a proper history.
International Journal of Impotence Research (2002) 14, 418-419. doi:10.1038/sj.ijir.3900870
Keywords:
priapism; penile prosthesis; penile-doppler; corpus cavernosum
Letter to the Editor
Pseudo-priapism! Forgotten semirigid penile prosthesis
S Basu(1), C S Biyani(1), S S Karamuri(2) and T Shah(1)
1 - Department of Urology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK
2 - Department of Radiology, St James' Hospital, Leeds, UK
Correspondence to: S Basu, Department of Urology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK E-mail: tigerbasu@hotmail.com
Abstract
Priapism is an undue and sustained erection in the absence of sexual stimulus. In the elderly population drug induced, thromboembolic and malignant aetiologies are common. This report demonstrates that in elderly demented patients, penile prosthesis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of such a condition. A plain X-ray of the pelvic region incorporating the penis could prove very useful, particularly in the absence of a proper history.
International Journal of Impotence Research (2002) 14, 418-419. doi:10.1038/sj.ijir.3900870
Keywords:
priapism; penile prosthesis; penile-doppler; corpus cavernosum
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