Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemma
Priapism is the presence of a persistent, usually painful, erection of the penis unrelated to sexual stimulation or desire. It is a true emergency requiring urgent intervention. Priapism is frequently idiopathic in etiology, but it is associated with a number of important medical conditions and phar...
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doaj-57b87dd0aa5b4333ad1ed6e4451ddb0a2020-11-24T23:01:06ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons0971-92611998-38912008-01-011313335Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemmaDas SukantaGhosh DipakAgarwal AkhileshHaldar SuranjanPriapism is the presence of a persistent, usually painful, erection of the penis unrelated to sexual stimulation or desire. It is a true emergency requiring urgent intervention. Priapism is frequently idiopathic in etiology, but it is associated with a number of important medical conditions and pharmacologic agents. Cases have been reported in world literature on children having priapism, the etiology of these cases are mostly hematological. Our case is a child having persistently erected penis for more than 6 months. Despite a thorough search, no report of similar case could be found in world literature.http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2008;volume=13;issue=1;spage=33;epage=35;aulast=DasMalignancy idiopathicpriapism |
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Das Sukanta Ghosh Dipak Agarwal Akhilesh Haldar Suranjan Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemma Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons Malignancy idiopathic priapism |
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Das Sukanta Ghosh Dipak Agarwal Akhilesh Haldar Suranjan |
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Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemma |
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Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemma |
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Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemma |
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Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemma |
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Persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: A management dilemma |
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persistently erected penis in a child for 6 months: a management dilemma |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons |
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0971-9261 1998-3891 |
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2008-01-01 |
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Priapism is the presence of a persistent, usually painful, erection of the penis unrelated to sexual stimulation or desire. It is a true emergency requiring urgent intervention. Priapism is frequently idiopathic in etiology, but it is associated with a number of important medical conditions and pharmacologic agents. Cases have been reported in world literature on children having priapism, the etiology of these cases are mostly hematological. Our case is a child having persistently erected penis for more than 6 months. Despite a thorough search, no report of similar case could be found in world literature. |
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Malignancy idiopathic priapism |
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http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2008;volume=13;issue=1;spage=33;epage=35;aulast=Das |
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