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- Title
Spontaneous Priapism after Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy.
- Authors
Böhlen, Dominik; Eberle, Johannes; Schmid, Hans-Peter
- Abstract
We present the first case of priapism following radical prostatectomy. A 66-year-old man with normal erections underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy with unilateral nerve sparing. Pathology showed a pT2c pN0 Gleason score 3 + 3 = 6 prostate cancer and the postoperative course was uneventful. Ten days after surgery he recognized a spontaneous painful penile erection without sexual stimulation which occurred in a standing position and disappeared in a supine position. These episodes recurred several times during the next 3 weeks and then completely vanished. Pathophysiologically, we postulate intermittent position-depending venous obstruction due to local hematoma or thrombosis. Copyright © 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
PRIAPISM; PROSTATECTOMY; DISEASES in older people; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE cancer; PATHOLOGICAL physiology; THROMBOSIS
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 2006, Vol 77, Issue 2, p182
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000093917