Familial idiopathic priapism: a case report.
Idiopathic priapism is a diagnosis made by exclusion of identifiable etiologies and is found in 43 to 58 per cent of the cases. We report a case of priapism that was investigated exhaustively and classified as idiopathic. In addition, 3 brothers also reported similar episodes of priapism. Although a common abnormality exists presumably, we were unable to define an etiology. Therefore, this case was designated as familial idiopathic priapism.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011317:Priapism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery