title: Penile calcification in maintenance hemodialysis patients.
abstract: Penile calcification was detected in 6 of 32 patients (19%) with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) using soft tissue x-ray techniques. Having been maintained on hemodialysis for a minimum of one year, all the affected patients showed clinical evidence of secondary hyperparathyroidism and calcification in the blood vessels of some other tissues. All had erectile impotence, while in 1 patient gangrene of the penis developed. Penile calcification is probably more common in ESRD patients than realized and should be looked for as a possible cause of impotence in male patients treated with maintenance hemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Bhate
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ing
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000209:etiology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013997:Time Factors