Successful surgical repair of a vascular shunt of the corpus cavernosum penis and penile fibropapillomata in a bull.
A single vascular connection between the corpus cavernosum penis and the superficial penile vasculature was diagnosed in an 18-month old Holstein bull with a history of acquired failure to maintain penile erection. Previously normal serving ability had been documented. Multiple penile fibropapillomata were also found. The vascular shunt was identified by contrast cavernosography and ligated, and the fibropapillomata excised. The bull returned to normal function within three months after surgery, and no recurrence of either problem had been experienced by 12 months after surgery.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010410:Penile Erection; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*