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- Title
Malignant refractory priapism: An urologist's nightmare.
- Authors
Prabhuswamy, Vinod Kumar; Krishnappa, Pramod; Tyagaraj, Krishnaprasad
- Abstract
Malignant priapism is described as persistent, nonsexual erections caused by invasion or metastasis from a primary neoplasm. We present two cases of malignant priapism with different etiologies and the respective management strategies. A 75-year-old patient had undergone radical cystectomy for a high-grade bladder tumor 5 months ago and came with priapism. The patient persisted to have partial penile tumescence with low-grade pain even after intervention. Another 66-year-old patient came to emergency with persistent painful priapism who had been diagnosed to have Multiple Myeloma. He required a corporotomy and open drainage as a last resort which finally relieved him of pain but with loss of erection. The treatment needs to be individualized based on the clinical course of the patient.
- Subjects
PRIAPISM; PENILE erection; UROLOGISTS; BLADDER cancer; NIGHTMARES; MULTIPLE myeloma
- Publication
Urology Annals, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 2, p222
- ISSN
0974-7796
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/UA.UA_140_18